Araripemydidae
Araripemydidae Temporal range:
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Araripemydidae (Araripemys barretoi) | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Hyperfamily: | Pelomedusoides |
Family: | †Araripemydidae Price, 1973 |
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Araripemydidae is a family of freshwater aquatic turtles belonging to the order Pleurodira (side-necked turtles), known from the Early Cretaceous of South America and Africa. The family contains two recognised monotypic genera, Araripemys and , from the Santana Group of Brazil and the Elrhaz Formation of Niger, respectively,[1] which date to the Aptian-Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous.[2] They are consider to be the most basal lineage within the Pelomedusoides.[3] They are thought to have been specialised suction feeders.[4] Laganemys was named in 2013 but was later determined to be synonymous with Taquetochelys.[3]
References[]
- ^ Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Haiyan; Meylan, Peter A. (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–698. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5824.
- ^ Sereno, Paul C.; ElShafie, Sara J. (2013). "A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger". In Brinkman, D.B.; et al. (eds.). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 215–250. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_14. ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3.
- ^ a b Pérez-García, Adán (2019-01-01). "Identification of the Lower Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle Taquetochelys decorata as the only African araripemydid species". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (1): 24–32. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.004. ISSN 1631-0683.
- ^ Joyce, Walter G.; Rollot, Yann; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Lyson, Tyler R.; Rahantarisoa, Lydia J.; Krause, David W. (2021). "A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5): 210098. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810098J. doi:10.1098/rsos.210098. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 8097199. PMID 34035950.
Categories:
- Prehistoric reptiles of South America
- Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Paleocene extinctions
- Prehistoric turtles
- Pleurodira
- Prehistoric reptile families
- Prehistoric turtle stubs