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Bairdemys hartsteini

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Bairdemys hartsteini was named by Gaffney and Wood (2002). Its type specimen is AMNH 27722, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is AMNH PR 88-3, which is in a Burdigalian carbonate limestone in the Cibao Formation of Puerto Rico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney and Wood
2010Bairdemys hartsteini Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer
2013Bairdemys hartsteini Weems and Knight p. 290

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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
familyPodocnemididae
genusBairdemys
specieshartsteini

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.

Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney and Wood 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:35:35
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:35:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Puerto Rico) Bairdemys hartsteini (type locality: 56978)