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Araiochelys
Taxonomy
Araiochelys was named by Gaffney et al. (2006). Its type is Araiochelys hirayamai.
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Bothremydina by Gaffney et al. (2006), Pérez-García (2016).
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014); and to Bothremydina by Gaffney et al. (2006), Pérez-García (2016).
Species
A. hirayamai (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2006 | Araiochelys Gaffney et al. p. 72 |
| 2014 | Araiochelys de la Fuente et al. |
| 2016 | Araiochelys Pérez-García |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A bothremydid pleurodire of the tribe Bothremydini with the following unique features within Bothremydini: preorbital part of skull narrower than in all other Bothremydini; triturating surfaces narrower than in all other Bothremydini; and apertura narium externa facing anterolaterally in contrast to anteriorly; other differentiating characters: dorsal process of maxilla (orbitonarial bar) narrow in contrast to Bothremys; fossa orbitalis enlarged posteriorly as in Bothremys, Rosasia, and Chedighaii and in contrast to Foxemys and Zolhafah; ridge forming lower rim of orbit relatively distinct in contrast to Bothremys; midline depression on ventral surface of premaxilla narrow, as in Rosasia and Bothremys, not wide, as in Zolhafah, Polysternon and Foxemys; triturating surface pit present and completely developed, as in Bothremys, not partial, as in Zolhafah and Rosasia; jugal forms tip and posterior part of pit; lateral edge of maxilla relatively straight, in contrast to Bothremys, Rosasia, and Zolhafah; anterior part of vomer short, with narrow maxilla contact, in contrast to broad contact in Bothremys cooki, Rosasia, and Foxemys; fossa pterygoidea absent; incisura columellae auris closed, as in all Bothremydini except Foxemys and Polysternon; condylus mandibularis anterior to level of condylus occipitalis but not far anterior, as in Polysternon; quadrate-maxilla contact present in contrast to Foxemys, Polysternon, and Chedighaii, but as in Bothremys and Rosasia; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed by pterygoid and quadrate, in contrast to Rosasia, Zolhafah, Polysternon, and Foxemys; lower jaw with triturating pits and long processus retroarticularis; carapace with discontinuous neural series; narrow vertebral scutes, very long second vertebral; plastron with narrow posterior lobe and wide bridge; posterior lobe with parallel lateral margins; mesoplastron wider than long; pointed xiphiplastral ends with wide anal notch; humeropectoral sulcus posterior to the epihyoplastral suture, crossing entoplastron; pectoroabdominal sulcus anterior to the mesoplastron. |