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Roxochelys
Taxonomy
Roxochelys was named by Price (1953). Its type is Roxochelys wanderleyi.
It was assigned to Pelomedusidae by Carroll (1988); to Podocnemididae by Price (1953), Oliveira and Romano (2007), Gaffney et al. (2011), de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Podocnemidoidae by Ferreira et al. (2018), Bogado et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Pelomedusidae by Carroll (1988); to Podocnemididae by Price (1953), Oliveira and Romano (2007), Gaffney et al. (2011), de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Podocnemidoidae by Ferreira et al. (2018), Bogado et al. (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1953 | Roxochelys Price |
| 1988 | Roxochelys Carroll |
| 2007 | Roxochelys Oliveira and Romano |
| 2011 | Roxochelys Gaffney et al. |
| 2014 | Roxochelys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2018 | Roxochelys Ferreira et al. |
| 2023 | Roxochelys Bogado 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.
G. †Roxochelys Price 1953
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†Roxochelys vilavilensis de Broin 1971
†Roxochelys wanderleyi Price 1953
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Invalid names: Cambaremys langertoni França and Langer 2005 [synonym]
Invalid names: Roxochelys harrisi Pacheco 1913 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| J. P. Bogado et al. 2023 | Roxochelys wanderleyi can be diagnosed as a pleurodire because of the fusion between its pelvic girdle and shell, and as a pelomedusoid due to the absence of a cervical scute in the carapace and the presence of small and rounded paired mesoplastra occupying a lateral position in the plastron. It is recognized as a member of the Pan-Podocnemididae by an incomplete neural series, an inguinal buttress occupying costal 5 and an elongated and well-developed plastral bridge. It can be recognized as a non-podocnemidid podocnemidoid due to its high domed shell with humero-pectoral sulci that do not reach the epiplastra. |
Measurements
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| References: Uetz 2005, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.20000 to 48.07000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | R. sp. (56997 57003 231096) R. wanderleyi (120506 182522 189029 231097) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Brazil (Minas Gerais) | Chelonia indet. (32346) | |
| Maastrichtian | Bolivia (Potosí) | R. sp. (67656) | |
| Danian | Bolivia (Cochabamba) | R. vilavilensis (179923) | |
| Danian | Bolivia (Potosí) | R. vilavilensis (190370) | |
| Danian | Bolivia | R. vilavilensis (49077) | |
| Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | R. vilavilensis (13501) | |
| Thanetian - Ypresian | Peru (Puno) | R. vilavilensis (28230) |