| Adocus beatus | |||
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| 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 | †A. 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).
Fossilized shell
Gallery[]
A restoration of Adocus beatus
An illustration of Adocus from Dinosaur Train
Popular culture[]
- In Dinosaur Train, Adam Adocus is based off of the genus.
- Adocus appeared in a few episodes of The Flintstones.
- It is mentioned offscreen in an episode of The Deep called The Song of The Siren.
- Large turtles with crystal spikes on their backs resembling Adocus appear in the animated film Boonie Bears: Blast Into the Past.