Adocus beatus

Adocus beatus
General Information
Universe	Real Life
Classification	Adocus beatus
Homeworld	Earth
Intelligence	Non-sapient
Biochemistry	Carbon-based lifeform
Biological Information
Reproduction	Sexual; lays eggs
Average Length	Shell length: 2.62' (80 cm)
Locomotion	Quadrupedal walking and swimming
Feeding Behavior	Omnivorous
Lineage Information
Related Species	Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus syntheticus
Cultural Information
Alignment	True Neutral
Sociocultral characteristics
Scientific Taxonomy
Planet	Earth
Domain	Eukaryota
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Infrakingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Reptilia (Reptiles)
Subclass	Diapsid
Infraclass	Sauria
Superorder	Pantestudines (Saurians more closely related to Turtles than other Saurians)
Order	Testudines (Turtles)
Suborder	Cryptodira (Hidden neck turtles)
Family	†Adocidae
Genus	†Adocus
Species	†beatus
Other Information
Status	Extinct
First Sighting	Cretaceous Period
Last Sighting	Paleogene Period
Possible Population	0

Adocus beatus was a species of aquatic freshwater turtle indigenous to the United States during the Cretaceous Period and up until the Paleogene Period, where they went extinct due to unknown circumstances. Members of their genus in North America all died out around this period but those found in Asia survived into the Oligocene, indicating a localized disaster as the culprit to their extinction.

Like other members of their genus, A. beatus had a flattened shell with smooth contours and horned sculptured plates. This shell reached lengths of up to 2.62" (80 cm).

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