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Podocnemis brasiliensis
Discussion
TYPE SPECIMEN: DGM 214-R in Price (1953: 12) but DGM 2980 in Candeiro et al. (2006: 927). Correct number is MCT 214-R (G.R. Oliveira, personal commun.). Partial plastron figured in Staesche (1937: fig. 1 [restored], pls. 16, 17) and Price (1953: figs. 1, 2.).
Taxonomy
Podocnemis brasiliensis was named by Staesche (1937). Its type specimen is MCT 214-R, a partial shell (partial plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Between Jupiá and Araçatuba (Km 101-104), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.
It was recombined as Bauruemys brasiliensis by Kischlat (1994) and Romano and Azevedo (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Romano et al. (2013).
It was recombined as Bauruemys brasiliensis by Kischlat (1994) and Romano and Azevedo (2007); it was considered a nomen dubium by Romano et al. (2013).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1937 | Podocnemis brasiliensis Staesche |
1981 | Podocnemis brasiliensis Campos and de Broin |
1994 | Bauruemys brasiliensis Kischlat |
2007 | Bauruemys brasiliensis Romano and Azevedo |
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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.
†Podocnemis brasiliensis Staesche 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.50000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Brazil (São Paulo) | Podocnemis brasiliensis (type locality: 189029) | |
Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Podocnemis brasiliensis (13501) |