Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Andrews (1903) figured, by a schematic drawing (see Fig. 3d, as well as fig. 2C in plate 8 of Andrews, 1903), the anterior lobe of an individual that he identified as the type specimen. It is currently lost. Therefore, a neotype is designated here, also corresponding to an anterior plastral lobe: AMNH 5086 (Fig. 1a–b; see also fig. 86B in Gaffney et al., 2011, corresponding to a partial drawing of its ventral view).
Alternative combinations: Neochelys fajumensis, Podocnemis fajumensis
Synonym: Podocnemis blanckenhorni von Reinach 1903
Belongs to Shetwemys according to A. Perez-Garcia 2021
See also Andrews 1906 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Shetwemys fajumensis: CGM 10202, a set of postcrania (anterior plastron). Its type locality is NNW of Birket Qarun, which is in a Rupelian fluvial horizon in the Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt.
- Podocnemis blanckenhorni:
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Egypt (1 collection), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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