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Anosteira ornata

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Anosteira ornata was named by Leidy (1871). Its type specimen is ANSP 9846, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Anosteira.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Anosteira ornata Leidy
1873Anosteira ornata Leidy p. 174
1882Anostira ornata Cope
1884Anostira ornata Cope
1902Anosteira ornata Hay p. 447
1908Anosteira ornata Hay p. 279 figs. Plate 43, figs. I, %; teit-figs. 352-354
1908Anosteira ornata Lambe
1915Anosteira ornata Gilmore p. 121
1930Anosteira ornata Hay p. 93
2000Anosteira ornata Zonneveld et al.
2014Anosteira ornata Joyce

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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
suborderTrionychia
Carettochelyidae(Gill 1889)
genusAnosteiraLeidy 1871
speciesornata

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.

Anosteira ornata Leidy 1871
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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: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Anosteira ornata (15837 16201 16228 16235 16272 16273 27269 70266) Anostira ornata (130809)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Anosteira ornata (185691)