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Podocnemidoidea

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Podocnemidoidea Gaffney et al. p. 43
2013Podocnemidoidea Georgalis et al.
2013Podocnemidoidea Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin
2013Podocnemidoidea Pérez-García et al.
2015Podocnemidoidea Menegazzo et al.
2017Podocnemidoidea Pérez-García and Chapman p. 2
2018Podocnemidoidea Pérez-García and Ortega
2020Podocnemidoidea de Lapparent de Broin et al. p. 466
2022Podocnemidoidea 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
superfamilyPodocnemidoidea
superfamilyPodocnemidoidea

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.

Superfm. †Podocnemidoidea Gaffney et al. 2006
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G. †Nostimochelone Georgalis et al. 2013
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Nostimochelone lampra Georgalis et al. 2013
Fm. Podocnemididae Cope 1868
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G. †Hamadachelys Tong and Buffetaut 1996
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Hamadachelys escuilliei Tong and Buffetaut 1996
Invalid names: Podocnemoidea Cope 1868 [empty]
Unr. †Podocnemidinura Gaffney et al. 2006
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G. †Brasilemys Lapparent de Broin 2000
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Brasilemys josai Lapparent de Broin 2000
G. †Portezueloemys de la Fuente 2003
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Portezueloemys patagonica de la Fuente 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 140.20000 to 15.97000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 136.4 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Colombia Podocnemidoidea indet. (118389)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Brazil (Ceará) Brasilemys josai (92290)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) Hamadachelys escuilliei (13274 155306)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Brazil (São Paulo) Podocnemidinura indet. (179843)
Late/Upper Turonian - Early/Lower Coniacian93.5 - 85.8Argentina (Neuquén) Portezueloemys patagonica (75050)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Brazil (São Paulo) Podocnemidoidea indet. (230676)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Podocnemidoidea indet. (187508)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Kastoria) Nostimochelone lampra (183348)