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Podocnemis bassleri
Discussion
Named after the collector, H. Bassler
Taxonomy
Podocnemis bassleri was named by Williams (1956). Its type specimen is AMNH 1662, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Aguaytia (= Podocnemis bassleri type locality), which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1956 | Podocnemis bassleri Williams |
| 1981 | Podocnemis bassleri Campos and de Broin |
| 2007 | Podocnemis bassleri Oliveira and Romano |
| 2010 | Podocnemis bassleri Riff et al. |
| 2014 | Podocnemis bassleri de la Fuente et al. |
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†Podocnemis bassleri Williams 1956
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. E. Williams 1956 | Close to Podocnemis expansa, differing only in the apparently larger size, in the relationship of the internal palatal processes of the maxillae (which project abruptly dorsally and do not lie extended anteroposteriorly as in the Recent species), and in the slightly shorter relative distance from snout tip to posterior borders of the orbits. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Peru | Podocnemis bassleri (type locality: 190378) |