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Pangshura

Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

Taxonomy
Pangshura was named by Gray (1856). It is extant.

It was assigned to Geoemydinae by van Dijk et al. (2014); and to Palatochelydia by Joyce and Lyson (2010) and Garbin et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pangshura Gray
2010Pangshura Joyce and Lyson
2014Pangshura van Dijk et al.
2020Pangshura Garbin et al. p. 23

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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
Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyGeoemydidaeTheobald 1868
Palatochelydia
genusPangshuraGray 1856

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. Pangshura Gray 1856
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Pangshura tatrotia Joyce and Lyson 2010
Pangshura tecta Gray 1830
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Garbin et al. 2020A member of Pangshura can be diagnosed by the presence of a tectiform carapace, strong median carapacial keel, a pleural I/II sulcus with an anteromedial process, a pleural IV/vertebral V sulcus contacting the tenth marginal, a fourth vertebral scute that is much longer than wide and that is strongly constricted anteriorly, and an octagonal fourth neural (Garbin et al. 2018).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan P. sp. (92070)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Pakistan P. tatrotia (196862)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117India P. sp., P. flaviventer (224303)