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Sinaspideretes wimani

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Sinaspideretes wimani was named by Young and Chow (1953). Its type specimen is IVPP V709, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tatienwan building foundation, Fotoukwan, which is in a Jurassic terrestrial horizon in China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Sinaspideretes wimani Young and Chow figs. Plate 6, figs 2, 2a
1963Sinaspideretes wimani Yeh
2000Sinaspideretes wimani Sukhanov p. 320

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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
superfamilyTrionychoideaFitzinger 1826
genusSinaspideretes
specieswimani

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.

Sinaspideretes wimani Young and Chow 1953
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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, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Late/Upper Jurassic or 168.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5China (Sichuan) Sinaspideretes wimani (179921)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0China (Sichuan) Sinaspideretes wimani (type locality: 131872)