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Podocnemis harrisi

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Podocnemis harrisi was named by Pacheco (1913). Its type specimen is 3 carapace fragments, a dermal scale, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Collina Station, Barretos, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/coal in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Roxochelys harrisi by Kischlat (1994) and Romano and Azevedo (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Oliveira and Romano (2007), Gaffney et al. (2011) and Romano et al. (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Podocnemis harrisi Pacheco p. 37 figs. Pl. 3:6a–e
1981Podocnemis harrisi Campos and de Broin
1994Roxochelys harrisi Kischlat
2007Roxochelys harrisi Romano and Azevedo

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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
subfamilyPodocnemidinae
genusPodocnemisWagler 1830
speciesharrisi

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.

Podocnemis harrisi Pacheco 1913
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Podocnemis harrisi (type locality: 63925)