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Namibchersus

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Discussion

Etymology of the genus name: Namib, from the Namib Desert where the specimens were collected, and the Greek chersos solid ground, continental.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Namibchersus de Lapparent de Broin
2018Namibchersus Vlachos and Rabi p. 663

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Pantestudinoidea
superfamilyTestudinoidea
familyTestudinidaeBatsch 1788
subfamilyTestudininae
genusNamibchersus

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. †Namibchersus de Lapparent de Broin 2003
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†Namibchersus namaquensis Stromer 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: herbivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 07:16:55
Modified: 2005-09-09 16:16:46
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Middle Miocene or 16.90000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Karas) N. namaquensis (168036) N. sp. (175698) Testudo namaquensis (146601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia N. sp. (70807 195277)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia Testudo sp. (70420 70421)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt N. namaquensis (53970)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Geochelone namaquensis (21855) N. sp. (96072 195275 195276)