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Pelomedusidae

Osteichthyes - Testudines - Pelomedusidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Pelomedusidae Cope
1868Sternothaeridae Cope
1870Sternothaeridae Cope p. 156
1870Peltocephalidae Gray
1871Pelomedusidae Cope p. 236
1871Sternothaeridae Cope p. 236
1875Pelomedusidae Cope p. 17
1875Sternothaeridae Cope p. 17
1889Pelomedusidae Lydekker pp. 170-171
1898Pelomedusidae Gadow p. 21
1902Pelomedusidae Hay p. 438
1906Pelomedusidae Andrews p. 289
1911Pelomedusidae Jaekel p. 186
1928Pelomedusidae Perrier p. 3114
1946Pelomedusidae Kuhn p. 58
1948Pelomedusidae Zangerl p. 25
1952Eusarkiidae Bergounioux
1953Pelomedusidae Stirton p. 613
1964Pelomedusidae Antunes p. 135
1966Pelomedusidae Kuhn p. 31
1967Pelomedusidae Miller p. 225
1975Pelomedusidae Gaffney p. 429
1975Pelomedusidae Wood
1976Pelomedusidae Wood p. 2
1981Pelomedusidae Thurmond and Jones p. 120
1988Eusarkiidae Carroll
1988Pelomedusidae Carroll
1996Pelomedusidae Frank and Ramus
2004Pelomedusidae Joyce et al.
2006Pelomedusidae Gaffney et al. p. 34
2014Pelomedusidae van Dijk 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
—Pelomedusoides(Broin 1988)
—Pelomedusera
familyPelomedusidae
familyPelomedusidae

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.

Fm. Pelomedusidae Cope 1868
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G. †Duerochelys Jimenez Fuentes 1975
G. †Latisternon Auffenberg 1981
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†Latisternon microsulcae Auffenberg 1981
G. Pelusios Wagler 1830
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Pelusios adansonii Schweigger 1812 [Adansons mud turtle]
Pelusios bechuanicus FitzSimons 1932 [Okavango mud turtle]
Pelusios broadleyi Bour 1986 [Turkana mud turtle]
Pelusios carinatus Laurent 1956 [African keeled mud turtle]
Pelusios castaneus Schweigger 1812 [West African mud turtle]
Pelusios castanoides Hewitt 1931 [Yellow-bellied mud turtle]
Pelusios chapini Laurent 1965 [Central African mud turtle]
Pelusios cupulatta Bour and Maran 2003 [Ivory Coast mud turtle]
Pelusios gabonensis Duméril 1856 [African forest turtle]
Pelusios marani Bour 2000 [Gabon mud turtle]
Pelusios nanus Laurent 1956 [African dwarf mud turtle]
Pelusios niger Duméril and Bibron 1835 [West African black mud turtle]
Pelusios rhodesianus Hewitt 1927 [Variable mud turtle]
†Pelusios rusingae Williams 1954
Pelusios sinuatus Smith 1838 [Serrated hinged terrapin]
Pelusios subniger Bonnaterre 1789 [East African black mud turtle]
Pelusios upembae Broadley 1981 [Upemba mud turtle]
Pelusios williamsi Laurent 1965 [Williams mud turtle]
Invalid names: Eusarkiidae Bergounioux 1952 [synonym], Pelomedusinae Zangerl 1948 [empty], Peltocephalidae Gray 1870 [synonym], Pelusiinae Zangerl 1948 [empty], Sternothaeridae Cope 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Perrier 1928Cou complètement rétractile dans la carapace; carapace couverte des plaques cornées typiques: 13 discoïdales et 24 marginales; plastron comprenant onze plaques osseuses, dont 5 paires latérales, en raison de la présence d'un mésoplastron de chaque côté entre l'hyo- et l'hypoplastron, et un entoplastron impair. Os palatins contigus, non séparés par le vomer.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Comments: life habit and diet based on Uetz 2005f
Created: 2005-08-26 14:34:13
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:34:13
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 149.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 143.1 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Ethiopia (Shewa) Pelomedusidae indet. (48832)
Early/Lower Cretaceous - Aptian143.1 - 113.2Brazil (Ceará) Pelomedusidae indet. (59355)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.6 - 121.4Libya (Yafran) Pelomedusidae indet. (69791)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) Pelomedusidae indet. (61319)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Brazil (Maranhão) Pelomedusidae indet. (67225)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Palestine Pelomedusidae indet. (11804)
Late/Upper Cretaceous - Late/Upper Paleocene100.5 - 56.0Morocco Pelomedusidae indet. (34639)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Argentina (Neuquén) Testudines indet. (49415)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Niger (Tahoua) Pelomedusidae indet. (48867)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Pelomedusidae indet. (59687 68875)
Middle Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Peru (Amazonas) Pelomedusidae indet. (52840)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Testudines indet. (58102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Andhra Pradesh) Pelomedusidae indet. (27014)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0India (Maharashtra) Pelomedusidae indet. (26370 49659 60397 68619)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Niger (Tahoua) Pelomedusidae indet. (178660)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0France (Var) Pelomedusidae indet. (181099)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Saudi Arabia (Makkah) Pelomedusidae indet. (140957 140958 140962 140963 140964 140966 140971)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Zamora) Pelomedusidae indet. (41073 45237 45317)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Spain (Zamora) Pelomedusidae indet. (45324)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya Pelomedusidae indet. (55449)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Puerto Rico Pelomedusidae indet. (144645)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Spain (Zamora) Pelomedusidae indet. (45326)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Pelomedusidae indet. (155752)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (70808)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Pelusios sinuatus (22438 22442) Pelusios sp. (22409 22436)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Pelomedusidae indet. (47021 47023 47074 47089)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Pelusios rusingae (21725)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Pelomedusidae indet. (192070)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Pelusios sp. (21338 21339)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Kenya Pelusios sp. (22071 22077 22082)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63India (Gujarat) Pelomedusidae indet. (203629)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Kenya Pelusios sp. (22303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22290 22300)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Iraq Pelomedusidae indet. (41735)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Pelomedusidae indet. (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Pelomedusidae indet. (28245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Tanzania Pelomedusidae indet. (22196)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22236)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22275 22316)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Congo-Kinshasa (Orientale) Pelomedusidae indet. (149168)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22277 22278)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Uganda Pelusios sinuatus (22198 22256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Pelusios sp. (22356)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malawi Pelusios sinuatus (22271)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Pelusios sp., Pelusios sinuatus (22346)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Pelusios sinuatus (22327)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Pelusios sp. (22200)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Pelusios sinuatus (22125)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Pelusios sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Latisternon microsulcae (213537) Pelusios sinuatus (22593 22595)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Eritrea (Buia) Pelusios sinuatus (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22342)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Tanzania Pelusios sinuatus (144173)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Eritrea Pelusios sinuatus (185616)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Kenya Pelomedusidae indet. (22268 22269 22270)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Tanzania (Serengeti Park) Pelusios sp. (22548)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Pelusios sinuatus (21972)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Pelusios adansonii (83303 83304 83305)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Acre) Pelomedusidae indet. (217816)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mali Pelusios adansonii, Pelusios castaneus (195272) Pelusios castaneus (195271)