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Podocnemidoidae

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy

Sister taxa
Brasilemydidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Podocnemidoidae Cope
2000Podocnemidoidae Lapparent de Broin p. 44
2018Podocnemidoidae Ferreira et al.
2021Podocnemidoidae Joyce et al.
2022Podocnemidoidae de la Fuente et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
superfamilyPodocnemidoidae
superfamilyPodocnemidoidae

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.

Superfm. Podocnemidoidae Cope 1868
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G. †Amabilis Hermanson et al. 2020
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Amabilis uchoensis Hermanson et al. 2020
G. †Roxochelys Price 1953
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Roxochelys vilavilensis de Broin 1971
Roxochelys wanderleyi Price 1953
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Invalid names: Cambaremys langertoni França and Langer 2005 [synonym]
Invalid names: Roxochelys harrisi Pacheco 1913 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Brasilemydidae Lapparent de Broin 2000 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Ypresian or 72.10000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.8 - 70.6Brazil (São Paulo) Amabilis uchoensis (207802)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Roxochelys sp. (56997 57003 231096) Roxochelys wanderleyi (120506 182522 189029 231097)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Bolivia (Potosí) Roxochelys sp. (67656)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Chelonia indet. (32346)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Mizque) Roxochelys vilavilensis (13501)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia Roxochelys vilavilensis (49077)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Cochabamba) Roxochelys vilavilensis (179923)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Bolivia (Potosí) Roxochelys vilavilensis (190370)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Peru (Puno) Roxochelys vilavilensis (28230)