Eotaphrosphys

Eotaphrosphys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Binomial name
†Eotaphrosphys ambiguum
(Gaudry, 1890)

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. ^ a b A. Pérez-García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Eotaphrosphys". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. ^ 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]


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