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Allaeochelys

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Description

Allaeochelys is an extinct genus of pig-nosed turtle.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allaeochelys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4965163	https://www.gbif.org/species/4965163
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	37669	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37669

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Carettochelyidae : Allaeochelys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Sauropsida	Huxley 1864
class	Reptilia	Laurenti 1768
-	Testudinata
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira	Cope 1868
suborder	Trionychia
-	Carettochelyidae
-	Carettochelyinae
tribe	Allaeochelyini	Godinot et al. 2018
genus	Allaeochelys	Noulet 1867

Scientific Name

Allaeochelys Noulet, 1867

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyidae	stated without evidence	Hutchison, 1992
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyidae	stated with evidence	Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés, 2005
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyinae	stated without evidence	Karl et al., 2006
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyidae	stated without evidence	Vremir, 2013
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Carettochelyinae	stated with evidence	Pérez-García et al., 2013
Allaeochelys	genus	belongs to Allaeochelyini	stated with evidence	Godinot et al., 2018

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (38%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 48.6 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

freshwater (based on Carettochelyidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore, omnivore (based on Carettochelyidae)

Reproduction

oviparous (based on Carettochelyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allaeochelys

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Allaeochelys casasecai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Allaeochelys crassesculpta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Allaeochelys delheidi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	47.8 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Allaeochelys jimenezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Allaeochelys libyca species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Allaeochelys lingnanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Burmemys magnifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Allaeochelys parayrei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	41.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1867	Allaeochelys Noulet
1988	Allaeochelys Carroll
1992	Allaeochelys Hutchison
2005	Allaeochelys Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés
2006	Allaeochelys Karl et al.
2013	Allaeochelys Pérez-García et al.
2013	Allaeochelys Vremir
2014	Allaeochelys Joyce
2018	Allaeochelys Godinot et al.

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Hutchison J. H. (1992) Western North American reptile and amphibian record across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications, D. R. Prothero and W. A. Berggren (eds.), Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution, 451-463

Alonso Santiago L., Alonso Andrés L. (2005) Diferencias anatómicas entre dos formas de Allaeochelys del Eoceno de Corrales (Zamora, España). Nueva especie de tortuga, Allaeochelys jimenezi nov. sp, Stvdia Geologica Salmanticensia 41, 103-126

Karl H.-V., Groning E., et al (2006) New carettochelyine turtle occurrence from the Oligocene in Germany and its palaeozoogeographic importance, Clausthaler Geowissenschaften 5, 51-57

Pérez-García A., Murelaga X., et al (2013) Presence of several clades of continental turtles in the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) of the Sobrarbe Formation (Ainsa Basin, South-Central Pyrenees, Northeast Spain), Geologica Belgica 16 4, 311-319

Vremir M. M. (2013) An early Eocene freshwater turtle assemblage from the Simleu Basin (NW Romania): Paleobiogeographic significance, Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5, 597-625

Joyce W. G. (2014) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Carettochelys, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 55 1, 3-33

Godinot M., Labarrère H.-P., et al (2018) Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France), Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37, 141-333

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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