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Aragochersis lignitesta

Reptilia

Discussion

The specific name refers to lignite, because the type locality corresponds to a large mine of this variety of coal, located in an area with an important mining tradition, corresponding to the main economic activity especially from the early twentieth century; and also to the Latin term testa, in reference to the shell, an element that characterizes the turtles.

Taxonomy
Aragochersis lignitesta was named by Perez-Garcia et al. (2019). Its type specimen is MAP-7824, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Maria Mine, Ariño (AR-1), which is in an Albian mire/swamp coal/mudstone in the Escucha Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Aragochersis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Aragochersis lignitesta Perez-Garcia et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
—Helochelydridae()
genusAragochersis
specieslignitesta

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.

†Aragochersis lignitesta Perez-Garcia et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 112.03000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Spain (Aragón) Aragochersis lignitesta (type locality: 136754)