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Psammobates antiquorum
Discussion
The specific name is derived from antiquorum (Latin of old times), as this is the first extinct species of Psammobates to be described.
Taxonomy
Psammobates antiquorum was named by Broadley (1997). Its type specimen is DN803, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Drimolen Main Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial breccia in South Africa.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Psammobates antiquorum Broadley |
| 2021 | Psammobates antiquorum Georgalis et al. |
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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.
†Psammobates antiquorum Broadley 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. G. Broadley 1997 | A species of Psammobates apparently closest to P. oculiferus, but different in the more depressed carapace, with a step slop anteriorly, the wider anterior peripherals and the very broad posterior lobe of the plastron. The anterior neural formula is ? ? <6 <6 4. | |
| G. L. Georgalis et al. 2021 | Psammobates antiquorum can be diagnosed as a member of Testudinidae, Geochelona, and Psammobates by the full list of shell characters provided for these clades above. Psammobates antiquorum can be differentiated from other species of Psammobates by its more depressed carapace, wider anterior peripherals, and its rather broad posterior lobe of the plastron. |