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Allaeochelys

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Allaeochelys Noulet
1988Allaeochelys Carroll
1992Allaeochelys Hutchison
2005Allaeochelys Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés
2006Allaeochelys Karl et al.
2013Allaeochelys Pérez-García et al.
2013Allaeochelys Vremir
2014Allaeochelys Joyce
2018Allaeochelys Godinot et al.

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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
suborderTrionychia
Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
Carettochelyinae(Boulenger 1887)
tribeAllaeochelyini
genusAllaeochelysNoulet 1867

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. †Allaeochelys Noulet 1867
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Allaeochelys crassesculpta Harrassowitz 1922
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Invalid names: Anosteira gracilis Harrassowitz 1922 [synonym]
Allaeochelys delheidi Dollo 1886
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Invalid names: Allaeochelys casasecai Jimenez Fuentes 1971 [synonym], Allaeochelys jimenezi Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés 2005 [synonym], Anosteira anglica Lydekker 1889 [synonym]
Allaeochelys libyca Havlik et al. 2014
Allaeochelys lingnanica Young and Chow 1962
Allaeochelys magnifica Hutchison et al. 2004
Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet 1867
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Invalid names: Allaeochelys nouleti Bergounioux 1931 [synonym], Castresia munieri De Stefano 1902 [synonym]
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis Godinot et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:25:47
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:25:47
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 61.70000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 58.7 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Paleocene61.7 - 58.7China (Guangdong) Anosteira lingnanica (71846)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine) A. sp. (178052)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) A. sp. (35533 35535 35539 35540 181108 181112 181653)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) A. sp. (78236)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3Romania A. sp. (178481)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) A. rouzilhacensis (195457)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Marne) A. sp. (181633)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Oise) Apholidemys granosa, Apholidemys sublaevis (181647)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) A. sp. (68440)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) A. sp. (84997)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Anosteira crassesculpta (120036) Anosteira gracilis (22701)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Bavaria) A. sp. (187573)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Huesca) A. sp. (179886 179887)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) A. casasecai (41308) A. casasecai, A. jimenezi (179692) Allaeochelys indet. (45232) A. sp. (41073 41078 45233 45237 79704 224597)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brabant) Pseudotrionyx delheidi (124459)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Virginia) A. sp. (167197)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Spain (Zamora) A. casasecai, A. jimenezi (207764)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) A. sp. (16542)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) A. nouleti (184187)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Burmemys magnifica (41307 41310 41320 41331 41455 41456 41457 41459 41460 41461 41462 41463 41466)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) A. parayrei, Castresia munieri (31634)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Anostira anglica (39643)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Testudines indet. (13065)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany A. parayrei (47425 49101)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. parayrei (198614)