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Neochelys salmanticensis
Taxonomy
Podocnemis carbajosai was named by Jimenez (1971). Its type specimen is N209 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Caenes, which is in a MP 15/MP 16 terrestrial horizon in Spain.
It was recombined as Neochelys salmanticensis by Jimenez (1968), Jimenez (1987), Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2015), Pérez-García (2017), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2018), Pérez-García et al. (2023).
It was recombined as Neochelys salmanticensis by Jimenez (1968), Jimenez (1987), Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin (2015), Pérez-García (2017), de Lapparent de Broin et al. (2018), Pérez-García et al. (2023).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1968 | Neochelys salmanticensis Jimenez |
| 1970 | Podocnemis armuniensis Jimenez |
| 1970 | Podocnemis entodermica Jimenez |
| 1971 | Podocnemis carbajosai Jimenez |
| 1975 | Duerochelys arribasi Jimenez |
| 1987 | Neochelys salmanticensis Jimenez |
| 2015 | Neochelys salmanticensis Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin |
| 2017 | Neochelys salmanticensis Pérez-García |
| 2018 | Neochelys salmanticensis de Lapparent de Broin et al. |
| 2023 | Neochelys salmanticensis Pérez-García et al. |
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†Neochelys salmanticensis Jimenez 1971
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Invalid names: Duerochelys arribasi Jimenez 1975 [synonym], Podocnemis armuniensis Jimenez 1970 [synonym], Podocnemis entodermica Jimenez 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Pérez-García et al. 2023 | Neochelys salmanticensis is the only representative of the genus Neochelys that reaches a carapace length of 50 cm. It can be defined by the following character combination: elliptical carapace; notched anterior carapace margin; sub-equal in length and width, slightly wider than long, or slightly longer than wide nuchal; seven neurals; as wide as long or slightly wider than long second and third neurals; slightly wider than long suprapygal; slightly longer than wide pygal; slightly longer than wide first peripheral; lyre-shaped first vertebral; substraight first vertebral posterior margin; subequal width of the second and third vertebrals, both being the widest of the vertebral series; as wide as long or slightly wider than long first marginal; anterior plastral lobe wider than the posterior; subrounded anterior plastral lobe; subrounded lateral margins of the posterior plastral lobe; anal notch width two times less than the maximum xiphiplastral width; anal notch 4–6 times wider than long; relatively long overlap of the gular on the entoplastron, reaching at least a third of the length of this plate; presence or absence of gular-pectorals contact. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the MP 15 to the top of the Priabonian or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (12 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | Spain (Huesca) | Neochelys salmanticensis (179889 179891) | |
| Lutetian | Spain (Zamora) | Neochelys salmanticensis (41073 45233 179692 207765) | |
| MP 15 - MP 16 | Spain (Salamanca) | Podocnemis carbajosai (type locality: 40892) | |
| Middle Eocene | Spain (Salamanca) | Podocnemis carbajosai, Podocnemis entodermica, Stereogenys salmanticensis (36689) | |
| Lutetian - Priabonian | Spain (Zamora) | Neochelys salmanticensis (45324) | |
| Bartonian | Spain (Castilla and Leon) | Neochelys salmanticensis (230154) | |
| Bartonian | Spain | Neochelys salmanticensis (224595) | |
| Priabonian | Spain (Salamanca) | Duerochelys arribasi, Podocnemis sp. (31309) |