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Desmatochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Desmatochelys Williston
1902Desmatochelys Hay p. 443
1930Desmatochelys Hay p. 77
1988Desmatochelys Carroll
1988Desmatochelys Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1992Desmatochelys Nicholls p. 378
1995Desmatochelys Hirayama p. 282
1997Desmatochelys Elliott et al.
1998Desmatochelys Hooks
2002Desmatochelys Nicholls and Meckert p. 1600
2002Desmatochelys Sepkoski
2013Desmatochelys Bardet et al.
2014Desmatochelys de Lapparent de Broin et al.
2015Desmatochelys Cadena and Parham p. 3
2019Desmatochelys Lopez-Conde et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusDesmatochelys

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. †Desmatochelys Williston 1894
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Desmatochelys lowii Williston 1894
Desmatochelys padillai Cadena and Parham 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 129.40000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (Nebraska) D. lowii (191693)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Colombia (Boyaca) D. padillai (176544)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Colombia D. padillai (72029)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Kansas) D. lowi (102879)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (South Dakota) D. lowi (181902)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) D. lowi (55986)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) D. lowi (27727 27728)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mexico (Coahuila) D. lowii (201737)