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Puppigerus

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Synonyms
  • Eochelys was named by Moody (1968).

    It was synonymized objectively with Puppigerus by Moody (1974).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Puppigerus Cope p. 235
1872Puppigerus Cope p. 14
1884Puppigerus Cope
1902Puppigerus Hay p. 443
1968Eochelys Moody
1988Puppigerus Carroll
1988Puppigerus Weems p. 141 figs. Table 2
1996Puppigerus Karl
2002Puppigerus Sepkoski
2004Puppigerus Joyce et al.
2012Puppigerus Tong et al. p. 635
2014Puppigerus Weems
2014Puppigerus de Lapparent de Broin 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
genusPuppigerus

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. †Puppigerus Cope 1870
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Puppigerus breviceps Owen 1841
Puppigerus camperi Gray 1831
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Invalid names: Lytoloma trigoniceps Owen 1849 [synonym], Puppigerus longiceps Owen 1841 [synonym], Puppigerus nessovi Averianov 2005 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Puppigerus latiscutatus Owen 1841 [synonym]
Puppigerus grandaevus Leidy 1861
Puppigerus parvisecta Cope 1870
Invalid names: Eochelys Moody 1968 [objective synonym]
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: Uetz 2005, Bush and Bambach 2015, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 100.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8United Kingdom (England) P. camperi (92426)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Morocco P. camperi (91363)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland ) P. camperi (124192)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Chelone crassicostata (167275)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Austria P. camperi (176937)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (Kent) Chelone breviceps, Chelone longiceps (165976)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Chelone breviceps, Chelone latiscutata, Chelone longiceps, Emys parkinsonii (167274) Eochelys crassicostata (181032) Lytoloma crassicostatum (178051)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Virginia) P. camperi (15595)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Germany P. sp., P. crassicostatus (46085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Chelone trigoniceps (165979) P. sp. (41992 41998)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brabant) Emys camperi (124459)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine (Luhansk) P. nessovi (120885)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Emys camperi (77613)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Uzbekistan P. nessovi (49137)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Chelone grandaevus (18587)