Anosteira ornata

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 ornata

Name

• Anosteira ornata Leidy 1871
  • Holotype: ANSP 9846 (neotype, designated Joyce 2014), partial shell, including carapacial and plastral remains (Leidy 1873, pl. 16.1–3).
  • Type locality: “Near Fort Bridger” Uinta County, Wyoming, USA, Early Eocene

References

• Leidy, J. 1871. Remarks on some extinct turtles from Wyoming Territory. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1871:102–103.
• 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.