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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 |
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| 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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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.
†Bairdemys venezuelensis Wood and Diaz 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Podocnemis venezuelensis (43063) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Bairdemys venezuelensis (147464) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcón) | Podocnemis venezuelensis (type locality: 183009) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela | Bairdemys venezuelensis (92751) |