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Francellia

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Francellia was named by Hervet (2004). Its type is Francellia salouagmirae.

It was assigned to Testudinoidea by Hervet (2004).

Species
F. messeliana, F. salouagmirae (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Francellia Hervet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
genusFrancellia

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.

G. †Francellia Hervet 2004
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Francellia messeliana Staesche 1928
Francellia salouagmirae Hervet 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) F. salouagmirae (35538)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Ocadia messeliana (22701 120036 120798)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Herault) F. sp. (78248)