Anosteira mongoliensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Trionychoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Subordo: Cryptodira Superfamilia: Trionychoidea

Familia: Carettochelyidae
Subfamilia: Anosteirinae
Genus: Anosteira
Species: Anosteira mongoliensis

Name

• Anosteira mongoliensis Gilmore 1931
  • Holotype: AMNH 6666, nuchal, parts of eight peripherals, distal end of a costal
  • Type locality: “North Mesa, Shara Murun region”, Inner Mongolia, China; Ulan Shireh Formation, Late Eocene

References

• Gilmore, CW. 1931. Fossil turtles of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 59:213–257.
• Joyce, WG. 2014. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys. Bulletin of the Peapody Museum of Natural History. 55(1):3-33.