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Eochersis eiflaensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy
Eochersis eiflaensis was named by Karl (2018). Its type specimen is NMM / LS PW 1997/83-LS, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eckfeld Maar (NHMM collection), which is in a MP 13 crater lake siltstone/shale in the Eifel Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Eochersis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Eochersis eiflaensis Karl

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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
genusEochersis
specieseiflaensis

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.

†Eochersis eiflaensis Karl 2018
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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: Ernst and Barbour 1989, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: MP 13 or 48.60000 to 40.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Eochersis eiflaensis (type locality: 24201)