Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Fontainechelon cassouleti

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Achilemys cassouleti was named by Claude and Tong (2004). Its type specimen is MDE-sp37, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Papoul, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Saint-Papoul Formation of France.

It was recombined as Fontainechelon cassouleti by Pérez-García et al. (2016), Vlachos and Rabi (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Achilemys cassouleti Claude and Tong p. 16 fig. 3
2016Fontainechelon cassouleti Pérez-García et al.
2018Fontainechelon cassouleti Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
genusFontainechelon
speciescassouleti()

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.

Fontainechelon cassouleti Claude and Tong 2004
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Achilemys cassouleti (type locality: 78236 182641)