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Yelmochelys
Taxonomy
Yelmochelys was named by Brinkman et al. (2016). Its type is Yelmochelys rosarioae.
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Brinkman et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Kinosternidae by Brinkman et al. (2016).
Species
Y. rosarioae (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Yelmochelys Brinkman et al. |
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G. †Yelmochelys Brinkman et al. 2016
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†Yelmochelys rosarioae Brinkman et al. 2016
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| D. Brinkman et al. 2016 | Carapace small, with smooth shell, the maxi-mum estimated length is 10 cm. Cervical scale thin and wide, extending the width of the nuchal. Vertebral scales hexagonal to diamond-shaped; first vertebral scale wide; third vertebral scale extending onto neural six; vertebral scales two, three, and four with small anterior projection at the midline; mid-line projection of fourth vertebral scale extending from sixth onto the fifth neural. Eight neurals, ten pairs of peripherals, and 11 pairs of marginals present; nuchal with costiform process extending across P1 to posterior edge of P2; groove for musk duct present on P3; plastron with narrow bridge, hyoplastron extending to middle of P4 and hypoplastron extending to posterior edge of P6; posterior lobe of plas-tron broad, without caudal notch and without femoral cusp n lateral edge; gular scale extending onto anterior end of entoplastron; abdominal scales meeting at the midline; the humeral scale covering the area between the gular and ab-dominal scales; two inframarginal scales present |