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Pleurochayah
Discussion
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Taxonomy
Pleurochayah was named by Adrian et al. (2021). Its type is Pleurochayah appalachius.
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by Adrian et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by Adrian et al. (2021).
Species
P. appalachius (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2021 | Pleurochayah Adrian et al. |
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G. †Pleurochayah Adrian et al. 2021
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†Pleurochayah appalachius Adrian et al. 2021
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. Adrian et al. 2021 | Pleurochayah appalachius gen. et sp. nov. is diagnosed as a pleurodire by its quadrate with ventral process extending medially to the braincase below the cranioquadrate space, and a condylus mandibularis positioned anterior to the basioccipital-basisphenoid suture. We attribute it to Pelomedusoides by the absence of parietal-squamosal contact, and to Podocnemidoidea by a quadrate-basioccipital contact, and a prootic that is covered in ventral view. P. appalachius gen. et sp. nov. is a representative of Bothremydidae based on its basisphenoid-quadrate contact, a (short) quadrate-supraoccipital contact, a large exoccipital-quadrate contact, and the absence of a fossa precolumellaris. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Middle Cenomanian | USA (Texas) | Algorachelus sp. (172153) |