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Allopleuroninae

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Taxonomy
Allopleuroninae is a subfamily. It was considered monophyletic by Karl et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Dermochelyidae by Weems (1988); and to Cheloniidae by Karl (2007) and Karl et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Allopleuroninae Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
2007Allopleuroninae Karl p. 45
2012Allopleuroninae Karl et al.

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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
superfamilyChelonioidea
familyCheloniidaeBonaparte 1832
subfamilyAllopleuroninae
subfamilyAllopleuroninae

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.

Subfm. †Allopleuroninae
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G. †Allopleuron Baur 1888
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†Allopleuron qazaqstanense Karl et al. 2012
G. †Glyptochelone Dollo 1903
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G. †Protosphargis Capellini 1884
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†Protosphargis veronensis Capellini 1884
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:37:12
Source: superf = superfamily, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Bush and Bambach 2015, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the MP 22 or 93.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Italy (Verona) Protosphargis veronensis (191630) Protostega sp. (191628)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Allopleuron hofmanni (138297)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Lower Saxony) Allopleuron hofmanni (138298)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Allopleuron hofmanni (31992)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany (Niedersachsen) Allopleuron hofmanni (31993)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Allopleuron hoffmani (67133)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Glyptochelone suyckerbuyki (3915 62496)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Kazakhstan Allopleuron qazaqstanense (113115 113116)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany Allopleuron lipsiensis (46097)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Allopleuron lipsiensis (46094)