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Chedighaii

Reptilia - Testudines

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Chedighaii Gaffney et al. p. 84
2009Chedighaii Gaffney et al. p. 1
2012Chedighaii Sullivan et al.
2014Chedighaii de la Fuente et al.
2022Chedighaii Noto et al. p. 3

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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)
genusChedighaii

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. †Chedighaii Gaffney et al. 2006
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Chedighaii barberi Schmidt 1940
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Invalid names: Podocnemis alabamae Zangerl 1948 [synonym]
Chedighaii hutchisoni Gaffney et al. 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006A bothremydid pleurodire of the tribe Bothremydini with the following unique feature within Bothremydini: vomer widely separated frommaxilla, associated with large apertura narium interna, in contrast to vomer-maxilla nearly or in contact, as in all other Bothremydini; other differentiating characters: anterior projection of prefrontal present, in contrast to Foxemys, Polysternon, and Rosasia; apertura narium externa facing anterodorsally to a greater extent than in Bothremys and other Bothremydini (except possibly the incomplete Zolhafah); orbit small, as in Bothremys and in contrast to all other Bothremydini; orbits face strongly upward, as in Bothremys and in contrast to other Bothremydini; prefrontal-palatine contact present, as in Bothremys and Araiochelys and in contrast to all other Bothremydini; dorsal process of maxilla narrow, in contrast to Bothremys but in common with all other Bothremydini; sulcus palatinopterygoideus low, as in Bothremys but in contrast to all other Bothremydini; fossa orbitalis enlarged posteriorly, as in Bothremys, Araiochelys, and Rosasia and in contrast to Foxemys and Zolhafah; ridge forming lower margin of orbital rim high, as in Bothremys arabicus, Polysternon, Zolhafah, Rosasia, and Araiochelys but in contrast to other Bothremys species; suborbital maxillary plate deep, as in Bothremys and in contrast to all other Bothremydini; triturating surface pit absent; no exposure of jugal on triturating surface; midline depression on ventral surface of premaxilla very wide, as in Bothremys arabicus and Zolhafah and in contrast to other Bothremys, Rosasia, and Araiochelys; fossa pterygoidea absent; incisura columellae auris closed; foramen posterius canalis carotici interni formed by pterygoid and quadrate; basisphenoid-quadrate contact very narrow, as in Bothremys and in contrast to all other Bothremydini; lower jaws with triturating surface pits; shell (known only from C. barberi) typical of Bothremydina, pectoral scales well posterior to epiplastra, in contrast to Foxemydina; pectoral scales in contact with mesoplastra, in contrast to Foxemydina and Araiochelys; peripheral 1 contact to costal 1 wide, as in Rosasia and in contrast to narrow in Foxemydina and Araiochelys; anterior lobe of plastron does not reach anterior carapace margin, as in Rosasia and the Foxemydina and in contrast to the 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: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 93.90000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (New Jersey) Bothremys sp. (129837)
Late/Upper Santonian - Middle Campanian85.8 - 70.6USA (Georgia) Bothremys barberi, C. barberi (35289) C. barberi (129838)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Arkansas) C. barberi (129834 129835)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) C. barberi (224274)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Alabama) C. barberi (128414)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (North Carolina) C. barberi (129839) C. sp. (128412) C. sp., C. hutchisoni, Baena sp. (57918)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Jersey) Bothremys barberi (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mexico (Coahuila) C. hutchisoni (154244)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (New Mexico) C. hutchisoni (56625)