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Elochelys perfecta

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Elochelys perfecta was named by Nopsca (1931). Its type specimen is MHNM 1982-852, a shell (complete shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuveau Basin, which is in a Campanian fluvial-deltaic horizon in France. It is the type species of Elochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Elochelys perfecta Nopsca
2006Elochelys perfecta Gaffney et al. p. 69
2010Elochelys perfecta Pérez-García et al.
2012Elochelys perfecta Pérez-García et al. pp. 222-223 figs. figs 3e-h, 4c-d
2012Elochelys perfecta Rabi et al. p. 662

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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
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusElochelysNopsca 1931
speciesperfectaNopsca 1931

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.

†Elochelys perfecta Nopsca 1931
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006A species of Elochelys differing from E. perfecta in having a larger shell; nuchal plate wider than long with very short anterior margin and strongly expanded posterior part; first peripheral plate with very short posterior margin; suprapygal plate present; first marginal scute square-shaped, covering more than half length of nuchal plate; first vertebral scute wider anteriorly with lateral margin lying on lateral part of first peripheral; second and third vertebral scutes roughly as long as wide; anterior lobe of the plastron with nearly straight anterior margin; intergular very wide posteriorly; shorter intergulo-humeral sulcus and longer intergulo-pectoral sulcus (Laurent et al., 2002).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France Elochelys perfecta (type locality: 83309)