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Pneumatoarthrus peloreus

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Taxonomy
Pneumatoarthrus peloreus was named by Cope (1870). Its type specimen is ANSP 9225 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Pneumatoarthrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Cope pp. 445-446
1902Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Hay p. 505
1930Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Hay p. 216
1930Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Russell p. 137
1942Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Lull and Wright pp. 223-224
1944Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Rapp p. 287
1955Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Miller, Jr. p. 911
1962Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Miller p. 196
1964Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Kuhn p. 22
1970Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Steel p. 44
1978Pneumatoarthrus peloreus Baird p. 78

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyProtostegidaeCope 1873
genusPneumatoarthrus
speciespeloreus

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005
Collections
No collection or age range data are available