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Neochelys

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Polysternum mengaudi Bergounioux
1954Neochelys Bergounioux
1988Neochelys Carroll
2003Neochelys Lapparent de Broin
2003Neochelys mengaudi Lapparent de Broin
2011Neochelys Gaffney et al.
2012Neochelys Cadena et al.
2013Neochelys Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin
2013Neochelys Pérez-García et al.
2013Neochelys Vremir
2014Neochelys de la Fuente et al.
2015Neochelys mengaudi Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin
2024Neochelys Pérez-García 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
subfamilyErymnochelyinaeBroin 1988
genusNeochelysBergounioux 1954

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.

G. †Neochelys Bergounioux 1954
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Neochelys arenarum Broin 1977
Neochelys bolcensis Bergounioux 1954
Neochelys capellinii De Zigno 1890
Neochelys eocaenica de Stefano 1902
Neochelys franzeni Schleich 1993
Neochelys laurenti Tong 1998
Neochelys liriae Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013
Neochelys mengaudi Bergounioux 1935
Neochelys nicolisii Zigno 1890
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]
Neochelys zamorensis Jimenez-Fuentes 1992
Invalid names: Polysternum mengaudi Bergounioux 1935 [nomen dubium]
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, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 8 + 9 to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Portugal (Região Centro) N. sp. (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07France (Var) N. arenarum (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Italy (Verona) Emys capellinii (144537)
MP 1056.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) N. sp. (68440)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07France (Picardie) N. eocaenica (84997)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Champagne-Ardenne) N. eocaenica (73387)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Hérault) N. eocaenica (181564) N. liriae (170531 181563)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Champagne Ardenne) N. sp. (177753)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) N. sp. (179574)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Belgium (Brabant) N. sp. (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Aude) N. n. sp. (182641) Papoulemys laurenti, N. laurenti (78236)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine) N. eocaenica (178052)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) N. eocaenica (35533 35535 35539 35540 181639 181653)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Occitanie) N. sp. (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Romania N. sp. (178481)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 37.71France (Aude) N. sp. (78233)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Huesca) N. salmanticensis (179889 179891)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy N. nicolisii (77119)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre Region) N. eocaenica (31582)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Zamora) N. salmanticensis (41073 41078 45237 79704 179692 207765) N. salmanticensis, N. zamorensis (45233) N. sp. (224597 224598) N. zamorensis (235386 235387 235388) Pelomedusidae indet. (45239)
MP 1148.07 - 41.03Germany (Hessen) N. franzeni (176756 181565 181566)
MP 15 - MP 1648.07 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) Podocnemis carbajosai (40892)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) Podocnemis carbajosai, Podocnemis entodermica, Stereogenys salmanticensis (36689)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Spain (Zamora) N. sp., N. salmanticensis (45324)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain N. salmanticensis (224595)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla and Leon) N. salmanticensis (230154)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Polysternum mengaudi (31634)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla y Leon) N. sp. (40358)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Spain (Salamanca) N. sp. (224594)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Spain (Castilla y Leon) N. sp. (40883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Herault) N. sp. (78248)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Zamora) N. sp. (224592)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Soria) N. sp. (224593)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Salamanca) Duerochelys arribasi, Podocnemis sp. (31309)