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Thalassemys carva

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Thalassemys carva was named by Nessov (1984). Its type specimen is ZNIGR 1/12086, a carapace (Carapace and plastron remains), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Itemir I, which is in an Albian/Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in Uzbekistan.

It was recombined as Parathalassemys cava by Nessov (1984); it was misspelled as Thalassemys cava by Karl et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Parathalassemys cava Nessov
2012Thalassemys cava Karl et al. p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Thalassochelydia
genusThalassemysRütimeyer 1859
speciescarvaNessov 1984

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Thalassemys carva Nessov 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 105.30000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Uzbekistan (Navoi) Thalassemydidae indet. (type locality: 58471)