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Bairdemys venezuelensis
Taxonomy
Podocnemis venezuelensis was named by Wood and Diaz (1971). Its type specimen is VF 1176, a shell (carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Capa de Tortugas/Corralito, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
It was recombined as Bairdemys venezuelensis by Gaffney and Wood (2002), Riff et al. (2010), Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010), Weems and Knight (2013) and de la Fuente et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Bairdemys venezuelensis by Gaffney and Wood (2002), Riff et al. (2010), Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010), Weems and Knight (2013) and de la Fuente et al. (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1971 | Podocnemis venezuelensis Wood and Diaz |
| 2002 | Bairdemys venezuelensis Gaffney and Wood p. 4 |
| 2010 | Bairdemys venezuelensis Riff et al. |
| 2010 | Bairdemys venezuelensis Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer |
| 2013 | Bairdemys venezuelensis Weems and Knight p. 290 |
| 2014 | Bairdemys venezuelensis de la Fuente et al. |
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†Bairdemys venezuelensis Wood and Diaz 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available