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Xenochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Xenochelys Hay p. 29
1908Xenochelys Hay p. 282
1930Xenochelys Hay p. 92
1988Xenochelys Carroll
1991Xenochelys Hutchison p. 149
1992Xenochelys Hutchison
1996Xenochelys Hutchison p. 338
2004Xenochelys Joyce et al.
2013Xenochelys Bourque
2016Xenochelys 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
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
familyKinosternoidea()
familyKinosternidae()
genusXenochelys

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. †Xenochelys Hay 1906
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†Xenochelys bridgerensis Hutchison 1991
†Xenochelys floridensis Bourque 2013
†Xenochelys formosa Hay 1906
†Xenochelys lostcabinensis Hutchison 1991
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: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Arikareean or 55.80000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) X. lostcabinensis (168282)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) X. lostcabinensis (168283 168297 168298 168299 168300 168301 168302 168303)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) X. bridgerensis (16418 168275 168276 168277 168278 168279 168280 168281) X. lostcabinensis (16397)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) X. sp. (16542)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) X. formosa (17045)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) X. formosa (16938 17012)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) X. floridensis (17476)