Biology:Eotaphrosphys
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Short description: Genus of reptiles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
| Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
| Genus: | †Eotaphrosphys Pérez-García, 2018 |
| Species: | †E. ambiguum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eotaphrosphys ambiguum (Gaudry, 1890)
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Eotaphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Mont Aime Formation, France .[1] Originally assigned to the genus "Tretosternum", it consists exclusively of type species E. ambiguum.[2]
Discovery
Eotaphrosphys was described in 1890 by Jean Albert Gaudry, under the initial name of "Tretosternum" ambiguum. It was subsequently redescribed and given the name "Taphrosphys" ambiguus, and was redescribed once again in 2018 and assigned the name Eotaphrosophys.[3][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A. Pérez-García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Eotaphrosphys". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=375093.
- ↑ E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
Wikidata ☰ Q105043752 entry
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