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Podocnemis argentinensis

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Taxonomy
Podocnemis argentinensis was named by Cattoi and Freiberg (1958). Its type specimen is MACN 17988, a partial shell (an almost complete plastron without anterior and posterior ends), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Queñoal, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Maiz Gordo Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. aegyptica, P. bassieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Podocnemis argentinensis Cattoi and Freiberg
2014Podocnemis argentinensis de la Fuente et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
speciesargentinensis

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 argentinensis Cattoi and Freiberg 1958
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Oligocene or 59.24000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Jujuy) Podocnemis argentinensis (type locality: 190183 190184)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Tucumán) Podocnemis argentinensis (58702)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Argentina (La Rioja) Podocnemis argentinensis (190185)