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Anosteirinae

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Anosteirinae Lydekker
1889Anostirinae Lydekker p. 143
1902Anosteiridae Hay p. 446
1911Anosternidae Jaekel p. 186
1930Anosteiridae Hay p. 92
1947Anosteirinae Zangerl
1966Anosteirinae Kuhn p. 29
1984Anostirinae Nessov p. 216
1996Anosteirinae Hutchison p. 339
2000Anosteirinae Sukhanov p. 344
2004Anosteirinae Hutchison et al. p. 45
2010Anosteirinae Tong et al. p. 280

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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
suborderTrionychia
Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
subfamilyAnosteirinae
subfamilyAnosteirinae

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.

Subfm. †Anosteirinae Lydekker 1889
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G. †Kyzilkumemys Nesov 1977
G. †Pseudanosteira Clark 1932
G. †Pseudotrionyx Dollo 1886
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2010A subfamily of Carettochelyidae; scutes retained on shell; vertebral scutes greatly modified, with the second vertebral scute bounded laterally by the first vertebral scute; plastron reduced, cruciform, with wide and short bridge and very narrow and long posterior lobe.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Chadronian or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2Canada (Northwest Territories) Anosteirinae indet. (15584)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Pseudanosteira sp. (16626)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Dermatemydidae indet. (16885 16938)