Homorophus insuetus Cope 1869 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1869. On the Adocidæ. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11(81):547-553

Belongs to Homorophus according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1871, Hay 1902 and Hay 1908

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus kokaku, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus planus, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Alamosemys substricta, Alamosemys annexa

Type specimen: LOST, a partial shell (Cope does not state what parts of the shell he had, but he describes some neural bones, the entoplastron, the hyoplastron, the hypoplastron, and some costals. H). Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown)

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