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Apeshemys aegyptiaca
Taxonomy
Podocnemis aegyptiaca was named by Andrews (1900). Its type specimen is NHMUK R2927, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Apeshemys aegyptiaca by Perez-Garcia (2021).
It was recombined as Apeshemys aegyptiaca by Perez-Garcia (2021).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Podocnemis aegyptiaca Andrews |
| 2021 | Apeshemys aegyptiaca Perez-Garcia |
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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.
†Apeshemys aegyptiaca Andrews 1900
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Perez-Garcia 2021 | It is defined by the following characters recognized as exclusive within this clade: second vertebral markedly wider than the third one; lateral rounded protrusions in the second and third vertebrals, anterior to the inter-pleural sulci. It shows the following unique combination of characters: absence of carapacial medial keel; six neurals; medial contact of the sixth to eighth pairs of costals; heptagonal first vertebral, with short latero-anterior margins, and wider than the nuchal; first pair of marginals overlapping on half of the nuchal lateral margins; absence of extragular protrusions; narrow dorsal expansion of the plastral scutes; anal length along the lateral xiphiplastral margin less than 2 times that of the femorals. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||