Eotaphrosphys, the Glossary
Eotaphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Mont Aime Formation, France.[1]
Table of Contents
7 relations: Bothremydidae, France, Genus, Jean Albert Gaudry, Mont Aime Formation, Pleurodira, Type species.
- Bothremydidae
- Cretaceous Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1890
- Late Cretaceous turtles
- Monotypic turtle genera
Bothremydidae
Bothremydidae is an extinct family of side-necked turtles (Pleurodira) known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic.
See Eotaphrosphys and Bothremydidae
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Jean Albert Gaudry
Jean Albert Gaudry (16 September 1827 – 27 November 1908) was a French geologist and palaeontologist.
See Eotaphrosphys and Jean Albert Gaudry
Mont Aime Formation
The Mont Aime Formation is a geologic formation in France.
See Eotaphrosphys and Mont Aime Formation
Pleurodira
The Pleurodira are one of the two living suborders of turtles, the other being the Cryptodira.
See Eotaphrosphys and Pleurodira
Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).
See Eotaphrosphys and Type species
See also
Bothremydidae
- Acleistochelys
- Apertotemporalis
- Araiochelys
- Arenila
- Azabbaremys
- Bothremydidae
- Bothremys
- Cearachelys
- Chedighaii
- Chupacabrachelys
- Elochelys
- Eotaphrosphys
- Foxemys
- Galianemys
- Iberoccitanemys
- Ilatardia
- Inaechelys
- Itapecuruemys
- Jainemys
- Kinkonychelys
- Kurmademys
- Labrostochelys
- Motelomama
- Nigeremys
- Phosphatochelys
- Pleurochayah
- Puentemys
- Rhothonemys
- Rosasia
- Sankuchemys
- Sindhochelys
- Taphrosphys
- Ummulisani
- Zolhafah
Cretaceous Europe
- Beudanticeras
- Eotaphrosphys
- Exogyra
- Garschella Formation
- Haeggochiton
- Hamulina
- Heteroceras
- High Arctic Large Igneous Province
- Hoploscaphites
- Kamerunoceras
- Kieselkalk
- Morrowites
- Mortoniceras
- Neoptychites
- Pachydiscus
- Peroniceras
- Phyllopachyceras
- Pinheirodontidae
- Pseudocrioceras
- Pseudohaploceras
- Puzosia
- Récif fossile de Marchon - Christian Gourrat Regional Nature Reserve
- Rosasia
- Sakarya (continent)
- Scalarites
- Scaphites
- Tissotia
- Uhligella
- Vascoceras
- Zhuravlevia
Fossil taxa described in 1890
- Anarosaurus
- Azolla primaeva
- Baleiichthys
- Barosaurus
- Bathysoma
- Calymenella
- Claosaurus
- Colodon
- Comptonia columbiana
- Eotaphrosphys
- Florissantia elegans
- Glyptops
- Hesperocyon
- Homotherium
- Latzelia
- Leptorrhamphus
- Megaceroides algericus
- Megalotriton
- Metoposaurus
- New Zealand swan
- Nigeremys
- Ornithomimus
- Oxysdonsaurus
- Palaeosilpha
- Palenarthrus
- Phlyctaenius
- Priscopedatus
- Scaniornis
- Sphaerocodium
- Suchodus
Late Cretaceous turtles
- Alienochelys
- Allopleuron
- Amabilis uchoensis
- Arenila
- Calcarichelys
- Caririemys
- Elochelys
- Eotaphrosphys
- Foxemys
- Gigantatypus
- Ilatardia
- Kinkonychelys
- Lomalatachelys
- Nigeremys
- Ocepechelon
- Osteopygis
- Palatobaena
- Patagoniaemys
- Polysternon
- Protosphargis
- Rosasia
- Sahonachelyidae
- Sahonachelys
- Sokatra
- Solemys
- Taphrosphys
- Yaminuechelys
Monotypic turtle genera
- Araiochelys
- Arenila
- Eotaphrosphys
- Inaechelys
- Itapecuruemys
- Labrostochelys
- Nigeremys
- Ummulisani
- Zolhafah
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eotaphrosphys
Also known as Eotaphrosphys ambiguum.