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Stupendemys

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Stupendemys Wood
1988Stupendemys Carroll
2007Stupendemys Oliveira and Romano
2010Stupendemys Riff et al.
2010Stupendemys Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer
2011Stupendemys Gaffney et al.
2014Stupendemys de la Fuente et al.
2021Stupendemys Cadena et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
familyPodocnemididae
subfamilyErymnochelyinaeBroin 1988
genusStupendemys

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.

G. †Stupendemys Wood 1976
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Stupendemys souzai Bocquetin and Melo 2006
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-26 14:35:35
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:35:35
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Tortonian or 13.80000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia S. geographica (224005 224006)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) S. sp. (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) S. geographicus (217878) S. sp. (134808) S. sp., S. geographicus (136714)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcón) S. geographicus (99403)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Brazil (Acre) S. geographicus (217818)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Venezuela (Falcón) S. geographicus (99401 99402 99404)