Anosteira maomingensis

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 maomingensis

Name

• Anosteira maomingensis Chow & Liu 1955
  • Holotype: IVPP V809, internal mold of carapace with fragmentary marginal and plastral bones
  • Type locality: Maoming Prefecture, Guangdong (Kwangtung in Chow and Liu 1955) Province, China; Youkanwo Formation, Late Eocene.

References

• Chow, M.M. & Liu, CI. 1955. A new anosterine turtle from Maoming, Kwangtung. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 3: 275–282.
• 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. DOI: 10.3374/014.055.0102.