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Galianemys

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Galianemys Gaffney et al. p. 3 figs. 1-2
2006Galianemys Gaffney et al. p. 54
2014Galianemys de la Fuente et al.
2022Galianemys Martin-Jimenez and 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
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeCearachelyini
genusGalianemys

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. †Galianemys Gaffney et al. 2002
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Galianemys emringeri Gaffney et al. 2002
Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al. 2002
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2002A genus of bothremydid pleurodire with small, triangular skull, orbits facing dorsolaterally as in Cearachelys and Kurmademys; skull roof not extensively emarginate as in Kurmademys; jugal widely (rather than narrowly as in Cearachelys) separated from orbital margin by broad contact of postorbital and maxilla, unique among bothremydids; triturating surfaces triangular as in Cearachelys but in contrast to parallel-sided ones as in the Nigeremys Group, not greatly expanded as in Bothremys; deep pit in triturating surface absent; palatine not extensively exposed in triturating surface as in Bothremys Group; maxilla-quadrate contact absent; eustachian tube separated by bone from incisura columellae auris; incisura columellae auris completely enclosed by bone; quadrate-basioccipital contact present as in other Pelomedusoides; quadrate-exoccipital contact present as in other Bothremydidae; supraoccipital- quadrate contact present as in Cearachelys and Bothremys Group, but in contrast to Nigeremys Group; antrum postoticum larger than in Bothremys, Azabbaremys, Nigeremys, but same as in Cearachelys; precolumellar fossa absent as in most other Bothremydidae; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed by pterygoid and basisphenoid; foramen jugulare posterius open laterally; occipital condyle formed by exoccipital and basioccipital in contrast to nearly all other Bothremydidae except Kurmademys.
M. Martin-Jimenez and A. Pérez-García 2022The presence of a jugal restricted from the orbital margin, an open fenestra postotica forming a short slit, and an open foramen jugulare posterius, are an exclusive combination of characters for the clade Cearachelyini
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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) G. emringeri, G. whitei (155306)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Morocco (Drâa-Tafilalet) G. emringeri, G. whitei (60002) G. sp. (209058)