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Prochelidella cerrobarcinae

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

Taxonomy
Prochelidella cerrobarcinae was named by de la Fuente et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 3287, an osteoderm (anterior carapace), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Los Chivos Hill, Cerro Barcino, which is in an Aptian lacustrine - small mudstone in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Prochelidella cerrobarcinae de la Fuente et al. p. 528 figs. 2-6
2014Prochelidella cerrobarcinae de la Fuente et al.
2016Prochelidella cerrobarcinae Maniel and de la Fuente

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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
familyChelidaeGray 1825
genusProchelidella
speciescerrobarcinae

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.

Prochelidella cerrobarcinae de la Fuente et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. C. de la Fuente et al. 2011A small chelid turtle with a carapace characterized by a wide nuchal bone and a wide cervical scale. The first neural has a narrow contact with the nuchal bone. The neural series is complete and almost continuous, with the suprapygal bone. The mesoplastra are short, wide, laterally-placed, and crossed by the humeropectoral sulcus. The plastral bridge extends from the posterior part of the third peripheral bone and first costal to the seventh peripheral. Pr. cerrobarcinae differs from Pr. argentinae in the absence of contact between neural 2 and costal 1, in the absence of strong free rib extremity of the costal 1 in the peripherals 3e4, in the more posteriorly placed axillary buttress, and in the shape and proportions of the first and the second marginal scales. Pr. cerrobarcinae differs from Pr. portezuelae in its smaller size, the absence of contact between neural 2 and costal 1, the U-shaped anterior plastral lobe, the straight and convergent margins of the posterior plastral lobe, and the plastral formulas (ABD > IG > PEC = HU).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body part: carapacef
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0f
Grouping: solitaryf
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: piscivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-08-25 14:20:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:30:55
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Aptian or 122.46000 to 112.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03Argentina (Chubut) Prochelidella cerrobarcinae (type locality: 26372)