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Araripemydidae
Taxonomy
Araripemydidae was named by Price (1973).
It was assigned to Pelomedusera by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pelomedusoides by Sereno and ElShafie (2013); and to Pelomedusoides by Pérez-García (2018).
It was assigned to Pelomedusera by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Pelomedusoides by Sereno and ElShafie (2013); and to Pelomedusoides by Pérez-García (2018).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Araripemydidae Price |
| 2006 | Araripemydidae Gaffney et al. p. 35 |
| 2013 | Araripemydidae Sereno and ElShafie pp. 218-219 |
| 2018 | Araripemydidae Pérez-García |
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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.
Fm. †Araripemydidae Price 1973
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G. †Araripemys Price 1973
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†Araripemys barretoi Price 1973
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Invalid names: Araripemys arturi Fielding et al. 2005 [synonym]
G. †Laganemys Sereno and ElShafie 2013
G. †Taquetochelys Broin 1980
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†Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
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Invalid names: Laganemys tenerensis Sereno and ElShafie 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| P. C. Sereno and S. J. ElShafie 2013 | Basal pleurodires of modest body size (adult carapace length 10–30 cm) characterized by an elongate basisphenoid (50% of cranial length in the midline); carapace very thin (approximately 1 mm) with very low profile; fine-grained pit and ridge-and-sulcus texture on the external surface of the carapace, ventral aspect of the peripherals, and the external surface of the plastron; broad nuchal embayment; neural 3 with only four sutural contacts (neurals 2, 4; right and left costal 3); rib tips exposed on carapace with their distal tips projecting between adjacent peripherals (costals 1–4) or toward the central body of a single peripheral (costals 5–8); epiplastron strapshaped; three median plastral fenestrae; scute margins lightly
incised or absent on the carapace and plastron; cervical series (C1–8) elongate (90% of the length of the carapace); mid cervical transverse processes broad-based and subtriangular; postatlantal postzygapophyses partially or completely joined in the midline; cervical epipophyses wedge-shaped with a transverse distalmargin and positioned adjacent to one another near the midline; and metacarpal 2 with a flange-like lateral buttress for metacarpal 3 along the proximal two-thirds of the shaft. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Albian or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian | Morocco (Oriental) | Araripemydidae indet., Taquetochelys sp. (45726) | |
| Berriasian - Hauterivian | Brazil (Paraíba) | Araripemydidae indet. (58790) | |
| Aptian - Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Laganemys tenerensis (133668) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceara) | Araripemys sp., Araripemys arturi (77891) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Niger (Agadez) | Araripemys sp., Taquetochelys decorata (77189) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian | Brazil (Ceará) | Araripemys barretoi (67712 83306 128565) | |
| Albian | Niger (Agadez) | Araripemydidae indet. (228823 228824) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Algeria (Adrar) | Araripemydidae indet. (59578) | |
| Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian | Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) | Araripemys sp. (155306) |