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Ummulisani

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ummulisani Gaffney et al. p. 103
2008Ummulisani Gaffney and Tong
2014Ummulisani de la Fuente et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
genusUmmulisani

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. †Ummulisani Gaffney et al. 2006
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Ummulisani rutgersensis Gaffney et al. 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006A member of the tribe Taphrosphyini with the unique feature of a hornlike, anterodorsal process on each prefrontal. Other distinguishing features are septum orbitotemporale open and reduced to low ridge on postorbital and parietal, as in Phosphatochelys, Taphrosphys, and Azabbaremys, but in contrast to Nigeremys and Arenila; apertura narium externa smaller than in Rhothonemys, but similar in size to Phosphatochelys; preorbital part of skull short, in contrast to Taphrosphys and Labrostochelys; triturating surface unique in having very deep labial ridge beneath orbit with very low to absent labial ridge beneath apertura narium externa; labial ridge and maxilla very thin, as in Labrostochelys and in contrast to Phosphatochelys and Rhothonemys; wide quadrate-basisphenoid contact, as in Taphrosphys and in contrast to all other Taphrosphyini; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed entirely by quadrate, as in Labrostochelys, but in contrast to all other pleurodires.
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: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco (Oued Zem) U. rutgersensis (35132)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco U. rutgersensis (83313)