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Araripemydidae

Reptilia - Testudines - Araripemydidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Araripemydidae Price
2006Araripemydidae Gaffney et al. p. 35
2013Araripemydidae Sereno and ElShafie pp. 218-219
2018Araripemydidae Pérez-García

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
superfamilyPelomedusoidesBroin 1988
familyAraripemydidaePrice 1973
familyAraripemydidaePrice 1973

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.

Fm. †Araripemydidae Price 1973
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G. †Araripemys Price 1973
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Araripemys barretoi Price 1973
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Invalid names: Araripemys arturi Fielding et al. 2005 [synonym]
G. †Laganemys Sereno and ElShafie 2013
G. †Taquetochelys Broin 1980
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Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
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Invalid names: Laganemys tenerensis Sereno and ElShafie 2013 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. C. Sereno and S. J. ElShafie 2013Basal pleurodires of modest body size (adult carapace length 10–30 cm) characterized by an elongate basisphenoid (50% of cranial length in the midline); carapace very thin (approximately 1 mm) with very low profile; fine-grained pit and ridge-and-sulcus texture on the external surface of the carapace, ventral aspect of the peripherals, and the external surface of the plastron; broad nuchal embayment; neural 3 with only four sutural contacts (neurals 2, 4; right and left costal 3); rib tips exposed on carapace with their distal tips projecting between adjacent peripherals (costals 1–4) or toward the central body of a single peripheral (costals 5–8); epiplastron strapshaped; three median plastral fenestrae; scute margins lightly
incised or absent on the carapace and plastron; cervical series (C1–8) elongate (90% of the length of the carapace); mid cervical transverse processes broad-based and subtriangular; postatlantal postzygapophyses partially or completely joined in the midline; cervical epipophyses wedge-shaped with a transverse distalmargin and positioned adjacent to one another near the midline; and metacarpal 2 with a flange-like lateral buttress for metacarpal 3 along the proximal two-thirds of the shaft.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:50:50
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:50:50
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005

Age range: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Albian or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Morocco (Oriental) Araripemydidae indet., Taquetochelys sp. (45726)
Berriasian - Hauterivian145.0 - 129.4Brazil (Paraíba) Araripemydidae indet. (58790)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Laganemys tenerensis (133668)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Niger (Agadez) Araripemys sp., Taquetochelys decorata (77189)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceara) Araripemys sp., Araripemys arturi (77891)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) Araripemys barretoi (67712 83306 128565)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Niger (Agadez) Araripemydidae indet. (228823 228824)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Araripemys sp. (155306)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Algeria (Adrar) Araripemydidae indet. (59578)