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Inaechelys
Discussion
The generic name Inae is a variant of Yemanja, deity of the sea in many African cults, introduced to Brazil during slavery; chelys is from "turtle"
Taxonomy
Inaechelys was named by de Araujo Carvalho et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rosasia by Romano (2016).
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by de Araujo Carvalho et al. (2016).
It was synonymized subjectively with Rosasia by Romano (2016).
It was assigned to Bothremydidae by de Araujo Carvalho et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Inaechelys de Araujo Carvalho et al. |
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G. †Inaechelys de Araujo Carvalho et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. R. de Araujo Carvalho et al. 2016 | Medium to large sized Pelomedusoides with plastron consisting on 11 bones; pubic scar in the xiphiplastron, as usual in Pleurodira; anterior lobe of the plastron short and wide at its base, with the pectoroabdominal groove in front of the mesoplastron, as in all the Bothremydidae. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, de Araujo Carvalho et al. 2016, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Collections
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