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Peritresius ornatus

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Chelone ornata was named by Leidy (1856). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Peritresius.

It was recombined as Peritresius ornatus by Cope (1870), Hay (1902), Hay (1930) and Berry and Lynn (1936).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. emarginatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Chelone ornata Leidy p. 303
1870Peritresius ornatus Cope p. 150
1902Peritresius ornatus Hay p. 441
1930Peritresius ornatus Hay p. 80
1936Peritresius ornatus Berry and Lynn p. 188

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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
suborderCryptodira
—PanchelonioideaJoyce et al. 2004
—PancheloniidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusPeritresius
speciesornatus()

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.

†Peritresius ornatus Leidy 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Thanetian or 72.10000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Chelone ornata (129263)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Peritresius ornatus (192770)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Peritresius ornatus (192768)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) Peritresius ornatus (192769)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Peritresius ornatus (192775)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Peritresius ornatus (192763)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Peritresius ornatus (192766 192767)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Peritresius ornatus (221052)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Peritresius ornatus (26818 57915 78124)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Maryland) Peritresius ornatus (27563 27564 27566 27567 27568 83331)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Peritresius ornatus (127082)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Peritresius ornatus (192771)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Peritresius ornatus (201614)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Peritresius ornatus (192772 192773 192774 212621)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene70.6 - 61.7USA (New Jersey) Peritresius ornatus (26819)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Peritresius ornatus (3113)