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Kinosterninae

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Taxonomy
Kinosterninae was named by Baur (1893). It is extant.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Kinosterninae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).

It was assigned to Dermatemydidae by Nopcsa (1928); to Kinosternidae by Hutchison (1991), Weems and George (2001), Bourque (2011), Bourque (2013); to Kinosternidae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Kinosternidae by Joyce and Bourque (2016).

Subtaxa
Sternotherus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1893Kinosterninae Baur
1928Cinosterninae Nopcsa p. 167
1991Kinosterninae Hutchison p. 155
2001Kinosterninae Weems and George p. 572
2011Kinosterninae Bourque p. 234
2013Kinosterninae Bourque
2014Kinosterninae van Dijk et al.
2016Kinosterninae Joyce and Bourque

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea()
familyKinosternidae()
—Kinosterninae(Baur 1893)
—Kinosterninae(Baur 1893)

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.

Unr. Kinosterninae Baur 1893
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G. Sternotherus Gray 1825 [musk turtle]
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†Sternotherus bonevalleyensis Bourque and Schubert 2015
Sternotherus carinatus Gray 1856 [Razor-backed musk turtle]
Sternotherus depressus Tinkle and Webb 1955 [Flattened musk turtle]
Sternotherus minor Agassiz 1857 [Loggerhead musk turtle]
Sternotherus odoratus Latreille 1801 [Common musk turtle]
†Sternotherus palaeodorus Bourque and Schubert 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsuperf
Diet: durophagesuperf
Diet 2: piscivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:33:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.3 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) Kinosterninae indet. (15583)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Sternotherus odoratus (188779)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Sternotherus bonevalleyensis (190949)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Sternotherus bonevalleyensis (18599)
early Early Hemphillian - late Early Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Florida) Kinosternidae indet. (18539)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan10.3 - 1.8USA (Tennessee) Sternotherus sp., Sternotherus palaeodorus (26574)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Sternotherus sp. (113275)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Sternotherus sp. (206227 227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Sternotherus odoratus (20390 20422)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Sternotherus sp. (20440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Sternotherus sp. (20604 20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Sternotherus sp. (93259)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Sternotherus sp. (227371)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Sternotherus odoratus (224189)