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Caririemys violetae

Reptilia - Testudines

Discussion

The specific name, violetae, honours Violeta Arraes de Alencar Gervaiseau former rector of the Universidade Regional do Cariri (URCA), who fosters paleontological studies in this region.

Taxonomy
Caririemys violetae was named by Oliveira and Kellner (2007). Its type specimen is MN 6919–V, a partial skeleton (incomplete carapace, part of the last cervical vertebra, dorsal and caudal vertebrae, right pelvis and femur), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Caririemys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Caririemys violetae Oliveira and Kellner p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
—Pelomedusoides(Broin 1988)
genusCaririemys
speciesvioletae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Caririemys violetae Oliveira and Kellner 2007
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. R. Oliveira and A. W. A. Kellner 2007Carapace oval and moderately domed (as in Cearachelys); complete neural series reaching the suprapygal (as in Araripemys and Cearachelys); neural plate 8 shows an extensive contact with costal 7 and 8.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Brazil (Ceará) Caririemys violetae (type locality: 67712)