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Bairdemys sanchezi
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For Marcelo R. Sanchez-Villagra in recognition of his contributions to Bairdemys systematics and for his paleontological explorations in Venezuela.
Taxonomy
Bairdemys sanchezi was named by Gaffney et al. (2008). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS 186, a partial skeleton (Skull, jaws, and anterior plastral fragment), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tio Gregorio, which is in a Miocene fluvial-deltaic claystone in the Urumaco Formation of Venezuela.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2008 | Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney |
2008 | Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney et al. |
2010 | Bairdemys sanchezi Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer |
2013 | Bairdemys sanchezi Weems and Knight p. 290 |
2014 | Bairdemys sanchezi de la Fuente et al. |
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†Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. S. Gaffney et al. 2008 | A species of Bairdemys differing from all other Bairdemys species in having a low triturating surface convexity and shallow triturating surface concavity, a smaller basisphenoid acutely pointed anteriorly, a small skull, and an extensive cheek and temporal emar- gination; also differs from B. hartsteini in having a con- vex rather than straight labial ridge in ventral view; also differs from B. venezuelensis in having a long midline pterygoid contact and a premaxillary notch, and also differs from B. winklerae in having a short, broad snout with a convex labial ridge in ventral view, a premaxil- lary notch, and a triturating surface that is narrower anteriorly and wider posteriorly. |