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Adocus syntheticus

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Taxonomy
Adocus syntheticus was named by Cope (1869). Its type specimen is AMNH 1466, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barnsboro "greensand" (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine horizon in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Adocus syntheticus Cope p. 515
1870Adocus syntheticus Cope
1871Adocus syntheticus Cope p. ii
1902Adocus syntheticus Hay p. 444
1908Adocus syntheticus Hay p. 244 figs. Plate 36, fig. 2
1930Adocus syntheticus Hay p. 90

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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
familyAdocidae
genusAdocus
speciessyntheticus

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.

†Adocus syntheticus Cope 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapaceg
Adult length: 100 to < 1000g
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-09-01 10:38:32
Modified: 2005-09-01 12:38:32
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Estes et al. 1969, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Adocus syntheticus (type locality: 167780)