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Algorachelus peregrina
Taxonomy
Algorachelus peregrinus was named by Pérez-García (2017). Its type specimen is ALG-1, a partial shell (an almost complete and largely undeformed shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Algora, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian coastal sandstone in the Arenas de Utrillas Formation of Spain.
It was corrected as Algorachelus peregrina by Antunes and Pérez-García (2024).
It was corrected as Algorachelus peregrina by Antunes and Pérez-García (2024).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Algorachelus peregrinus Pérez-García p. 2 figs. 2-8 |
| 2024 | Algorachelus peregrina Antunes and Pérez-García |
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†Algorachelus peregrina Pérez-García 2017
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Pérez-García 2017 | It differs from the other members of Bothremydini by the following character combination: very shallow nuchal notch; wider than long nuchal plate; five (exclusive to this taxon), six or seven neurals; first vertebral on the first pair of peripherals or reaching the second; each scute of the first pair of marginals much wider than long; overlap of the first pair of marginals on no more than half of the nuchal anterolateral margin; medial contact of the humerals; absence of overlap of the pectorals on the epiplastra; overlap of the pectorals on the entoplastron; pectoro-abdominal sulci crossing the mesoplastra; laterally positioned orbits; well-developed posterior projection of each squamosal; supraoccipital-quadrate contact; maxilla-quadrate contact; presence of a pit on each triturating surface; very wide posterior triturating surfaces; rounded lateral edges of the maxillae; no accessory ridges on the triturating surfaces; large exposure of the jugals on the triturating surfaces; triangular basisphenoid in ventral view; prootics not exposed in ventral view; relatively shallow fossa pterygoidea. |
Measurements
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| References: Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albian - Cenomanian | Spain (Teruel) | Algorachelus peregrina (235385) | |
| Cenomanian | Portugal (Lisbon) | Algorachelus peregrina (234569) | |
| Middle Cenomanian | Portugal (Leiria) | Algorachelus peregrinus (186171) | |
| Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian | Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) | Eupleurodira indet. (type locality: 132494) |