Adocus Cope 1868 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Synonyms: Alamosemys Hay 1908, Homorhophus Cope 1869, Homorophus Cope 1869, Shineusemys Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006, Zygoramma Cope 1869

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1868. On some Cretaceous Reptilia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20:233-242

Parent taxon: Adocidae according to R. Hirayama et al. 2021

See also Brinkman et al. 2008, Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Cope 1868, Cope 1870, Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Cope 1884, Danilov and Parham 2006, Danilov et al. 2011, Danilov et al. 2013, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gilmore 1931, Gilmore 1935, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Holroyd 2017, Holroyd and Hutchison 2002, Hutchison and Holroyd 2003, Hutchison et al. 2013, Joyce et al. 2004, Lichtig and Lucas 2015, Meylan and Gaffney 1989, Nessov 1984, Peng et al. 2001, Sukhanov 2000, Sukhanov and Narmandakh 2006, Sullivan et al. 2012, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009, Syromyatnikova et al. 2012, Syromyatnikova et al. 2013, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2013 and Wieland 1905

Sister taxa: Adocinae, Adocoides, Adocoides, Adocus askari, Ferganemys, Isanemys, Shachemydinae, Shachemys, Sineusemys

Subtaxa: 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 annexa Alamosemys substricta Homorophus insuetus

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (1 collection), Kazakhstan (1)

• Eocene of China (2), Kazakhstan (5), Mongolia (2)

• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1), United States (13: Colorado, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, South Carolina, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (3: Colorado, New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Canada (14: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Japan (5), Kazakhstan (10), Mexico (3), Mongolia (7), Tajikistan (4), United States (170: Arizona, Colorado, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (9)

Total: 250 collections including 262 occurrences

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