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Kuhnemys maortuensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

Taxonomy
Aspideretes maortuensis was named by Yeh (1965). Its type specimen is IVPP V 2864, a set of postcrania, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maortu, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Miaogou Formation of China. It is the type species of Kuhnemys.

It was recombined as Dogania maortuensis by Karl (1999); it was recombined as Kuhnemys maortuensis by Chkhikvadze (1999), Georgalis and Joyce (2017).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Aspideretes alashanensis Yeh
1965Aspideretes maortuensis Yeh
1965Trionyx alashanensis Yeh
1999Kuhnemys maortuensis Chkhikvadze
1999Dogania maortuensis Karl
2008Aspideretes maortuensis Brinkman et al. p. 68
2017Kuhnemys maortuensis Georgalis and Joyce

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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
familyTrionychidaeGray 1825
subfamilyKuhnemydinae
genusKuhnemys
speciesmaortuensis()

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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Invalid names: Aspideretes alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym], Trionyx alashanensis Yeh 1965 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 100 to < 1000f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: brackish, freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: piscivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 13:24:04
Modified: 2005-09-09 19:45:41
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Cretaceous or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes maortuensis, Aspideretes alashanensis (type locality: 66924)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0China (Nei Mongol) Aspideretes alashanensis (144651)