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Podocnemis pritchardi
Discussion
Named in honor of my esteemed friend and colleague, Peter C. H. Pritchard, in recognition of his numerous contributions to knowledge of the world's turtles.
Taxonomy
Podocnemis pritchardi was named by Wood (1997). Its type specimen is UCMP 63782, a partial shell (A neraly complete and well-preserved shell, lacking only a small portion of the posterior margin of the caparace), and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Podocnemis pritchardi Wood p. 156 fig. 9.1 |
| 2010 | Podocnemis pritchardi Riff et al. |
| 2010 | Podocnemis pritchardi Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer |
| 2014 | Podocnemis pritchardi de la Fuente et al. |
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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 pritchardi Wood 1997
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Wood 1997 | Differs from all other South American pelomedusids referred to Podocnemis in having very narrow, almost rectangular, laterally placed mesoplastra; outer surfaces of the bridges curving downward and outward, extreme dorsoventral flattening of the shell; only six rather than seven neural bones; ischial scar on xiphiplastron very narrow along its entire length and situated directly adjacent to anal notch.
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005 | |||||