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Algorachelus peregrina

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Algorachelus peregrinus was named by Pérez-García (2017). Its type specimen is ALG-1, a partial shell (an almost complete and largely undeformed shell), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Algora, which is in a Cenomanian/Cenomanian coastal sandstone in the Arenas de Utrillas Formation of Spain.

It was corrected as Algorachelus peregrina by Antunes and Pérez-García (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Algorachelus peregrinus Pérez-García p. 2 figs. 2-8
2024Algorachelus peregrina Antunes 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
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodira
Bothremydidae(Baur 1891)
tribeBothremydini
subtribeBothremydina
genusAlgorachelus
speciesperegrina()

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.

Algorachelus peregrina Pérez-García 2017
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Pérez-García 2017It differs from the other members of Bothremydini by the following character combination: very shallow nuchal notch; wider than long nuchal plate; five (exclusive to this taxon), six or seven neurals; first vertebral on the first pair of peripherals or reaching the second; each scute of the first pair of marginals much wider than long; overlap of the first pair of marginals on no more than half of the nuchal anterolateral margin; medial contact of the humerals; absence of overlap of the pectorals on the epiplastra; overlap of the pectorals on the entoplastron; pectoro-abdominal sulci crossing the mesoplastra; laterally positioned orbits; well-developed posterior projection of each squamosal; supraoccipital-quadrate contact; maxilla-quadrate contact; presence of a pit on each triturating surface; very wide posterior triturating surfaces; rounded lateral edges of the maxillae; no accessory ridges on the triturating surfaces; large exposure of the jugals on the triturating surfaces; triangular basisphenoid in ventral view; prootics not exposed in ventral view; relatively shallow fossa pterygoidea.
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Cenomanian to the top of the Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Portugal (Lisbon) Algorachelus peregrina (234569)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Portugal (Leiria) Algorachelus peregrinus (186171)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Eupleurodira indet. (type locality: 132494)