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Galianemys whitei

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Galianemys whitei was named by Gaffney et al. (2002). Its type specimen is AMNH 29987, a skull (nearly complete skull), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Taouz-Hammada du Guir [PROXY], which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial sandstone in Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al.
2006Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al. p. 59
2022Galianemys whitei Martin-Jimenez and Pérez-García

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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
—Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeCearachelyini
genusGalianemys
specieswhitei

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.

†Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al. 2002
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Gaffney et al. 2002A species of Galianemys differing from Galianemys emringeri by having a straight rather than curved prefrontal-frontal suture; a relatively larger jugal-palatine contact; jugal exposed on triturating surface; small depression on posteroventral part of triturating surface; labial ridge relatively thinner; antrum postoticum usually relatively smaller; prootic not exposed ventrally; shallow or absent fossa pterygoidei; foramen nervi vidiani not exposed; and foramen posterius canalis carotici formed by basisphenoid and pterygoid equally.
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Galianemys whitei (155306)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Galianemys whitei (type locality: 60002)