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Bairdemys venezuelensis

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Podocnemis venezuelensis was named by Wood and Diaz (1971). Its type specimen is VF 1176, a shell (carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Capa de Tortugas/Corralito, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.

It was recombined as Bairdemys venezuelensis by Gaffney and Wood (2002), Riff et al. (2010), Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010), Weems and Knight (2013) and de la Fuente et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Podocnemis venezuelensis Wood and Diaz
2002Bairdemys venezuelensis Gaffney and Wood p. 4
2010Bairdemys venezuelensis Riff et al.
2010Bairdemys venezuelensis Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer
2013Bairdemys venezuelensis Weems and Knight p. 290
2014Bairdemys venezuelensis de la Fuente et al.

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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
speciesvenezuelensis()

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 venezuelensis Wood and Diaz 1971
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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: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Podocnemis venezuelensis (43063)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela Bairdemys venezuelensis (92751)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Bairdemys venezuelensis (147464)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) Podocnemis venezuelensis (type locality: 183009)