Bairdemys venezuelensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pelomedusoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Division: Pan-Testudines Division: Testudinata Ordo: Testudines Infraordo: Pan-Pleurodira Subordo: Pleurodira Superfamilia: Pelomedusoidea

Familia: Podocnemididae
Genus: †Bairdemys
Species: Bairdemys venezuelensis

Name

Bairdemys venezuelensis (Wood & Díaz, 1971)

Holotype: Laboratorio de Paleontología, Escuela de Geologı´a de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad Central de Venezuela (Caracas), VF 1176, a complete carapace, figured by Wood and Díaz de Gamero (1971: plates 1, 2, 4).

Type locality: ‘‘. . . north of Campo El Mamon, state of Falcon, Venezuela’’ (Wood and Díaz de Gamero, 1971).

Type horizon: Capa de huesos/capa de tortugas, upper member of the Urumaco Formation, late Miocene (Díaz de Gamero and Linares, 1989).

Synonyms

• Podocnemis venezuelensis, Wood & Díaz de Gamero, 1971.

References

• Wood, R.C. & M.L. Díaz de Gamero. 1971: Podocnemis venezuelensis, a new fossil pelomedusid (Testudines, Pleurodira) from the Pliocene of Venezuela and a review of the history of Podocnemis in South America. Breviora, 376: 1–23.

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• Eugene S. Gaffney & Roger C. Wood, 2002: Bairdemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean. American Museum novitates, 3359: 1–28, 15 figures, 2 tables. PDF.