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Hoplochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Hoplochelys Hay p. 263 figs. Plate 38, figs. 4-9; text-fig. 325
1930Hoplochelys Hay p. 91
1988Hoplochelys Carroll
2003Hoplochelys Hutchison and Holroyd
2004Hoplochelys Joyce et al.
2011Hoplochelys Knauss et al.
2016Hoplochelys Joyce and Bourque

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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
familyKinosternoidea()
—PandermatemysJoyce et al. 2004
genusHoplochelys

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. †Hoplochelys Hay 1908
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†Hoplochelys clark Knauss et al. 2011
†Hoplochelys crassa Cope 1888
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Invalid names: Hoplochelys bicarinata Hay 1910 [synonym], Hoplochelys elongata Gilmore 1919 [synonym], Hoplochelys laqueata Gilmore 1919 [synonym], Hoplochelys paludosa Hay 1908 [synonym], Hoplochelys saliens Hay 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersuperf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsuperf
Diet: durophagesuperf
Diet 2: piscivoresuperf
Reproduction: oviparoussuperf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:33:16
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:33:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Puercan or 72.10000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) H. sp. (222083)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) H. sp. (24258 24259 24260 24261)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) H. sp. (25073 68012 68014)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) H. clark (99589)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) H. sp. (138836)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) H. crassa (118484 176747) H. sp. (205869 205870 205875 205888 205891 205919 205930 206186 206187 209875 209880 209885 209886 209888 209903 209907 210037)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Utah) H. sp. (14692 14736 14748 14790)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) H. sp. (226343)
Puercan - Torrejonian66.0 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) Chelydra crassa (131857)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (New Mexico) H. saliens, H. paludosa (131858)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) H. sp. (110177)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Utah) H. sp. (14830)