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Desmemys

Reptilia - Pleurosternidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Desmemys Wegner
1928Desmemys Nopcsa p. 166
1988Desmemys Carroll
2000Desmemys Brinkman et al. p. 272 fig. 5
2004Desmemys Milner p. 1445
2012Desmemys Karl et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
Paracryptodira
familyPleurosternidae
genusDesmemys

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. †Desmemys Wegner 1911
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Testudines indet. (45760)