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Eocenochelus

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Eocenochelus Pérez-García and Chapman p. 2
2017Eocenochelus Pérez-García et al.
2020Eocenochelus Georgalis et al. p. 836

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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
suborderPleurodira
familyPodocnemididae
subfamilyErymnochelyinaeBroin 1988
genusEocenochelus

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.

G. †Eocenochelus Pérez-García et al. 2017
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Eocenochelus eremberti Broin 1977
Eocenochelus farresi Pérez-García et al. 2017
Eocenochelus lacombianus Pérez-García et al. 2017
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Pérez-García and S. Chapman 2017The presence of a medial contact of the gulars, located posteriorly to the intergular scute
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:35:35
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:35:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the Priabonian or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Erymnochelys eremberti (177654)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Occitanie) E. lacombianus (186973)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (41829)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) Erymnochelys eremberti (179572)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Huesca) E. eremberti (162506)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brussels) E. eremberti (124461)
Lutetian - Rupelian47.8 - 28.1Italy (Sardinia) E. eremberti (214917) E. sp. (214918)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Barcelona) Podocnemididae indet. (167791)