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| Taphrosphys Temporal range: | |
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| Carapace at Edelman Fossil Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
| Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
| Genus: | †Taphrosphys Cope, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Platemys sulcatus Leidy, 1856 | |
| Species | |
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Taphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered Angola, Morocco[1][2] and the United States.[3] The genus consists of type species T. sulcatus (originally Platemys sulcatus[4]), T. ippolitoi, T. congolensis, and the dubious T. dares.[3][5]
Discovery
[edit]The holotype of Taphrosphys sulcatus was discovered in New Jersey.[3] The species Taphrosphys congolensis is known from Angola[5] while Taphrosphys ippolitoi was found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin in Morocco.
References
[edit]- ^ "Fossilworks: Taphrosphys". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Gaffney, Eugene S; Tong, Haiyan; Meylan, Peter (2006). "Evolution of the Side-Necked Turtles: The Families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–700.
- ^ a b c E. D. Cope. 1869. The fossil reptiles of New Jersey. American Naturalist 3:84-91
- ^ Leidy, Joseph; Hilgard, Theodore C.; Hallowell, Edw.; Conrad, T. A.; Cassin, John (1856). "December 30th; Remarks on Certain Extinct Species of Fishes; Notices of Remains of Extinct Turtles of New Jersey, Collected by Prof. Cook, of the State Geological Survey, under the Direction of Dr. W. Kitchell; Synopsis of a New Classification of the Vegetable Kingdom; Note on the Collection of Reptiles from the Neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, Recently Presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences by Dr. A. Heermann; Description of a New Genus of Colubriform Serpents from California; Notices of Extinct Vertebrata Discovered by Dr. F. V. Hayden, during the Expedition to the Sioux Country under the Command of Lieut". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8: 301–327. ISSN 0097-3157.
- ^ a b García, Adán Pérez; Mees, Florias; Smith, Thierry (2020-03-15). "Shell anatomy of the African Paleocene bothremydid turtle Taphrosphys congolensis and systematic implications within Taphrosphyini". Historical Biology. 32 (3): 376–385. Bibcode:2020HBio...32..376P. doi:10.1080/08912963.2018.1497023. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 92653709.
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