Caninemys tridentata

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: †Caninemys
Species: Caninemys tridentata

Name

Caninemys tridentata Meylan, Gaffney & Campos, 2009

Holotype: DNPM-MCT 1496-R, a nearly complete skull (figs. 1–4) collected by L.I. Price in 1962.

Type locality: Locality 28 of L.I. Price, Volta de Pedra Pintada, upper Rio Juruá, Acre, Brazil

Etymology: Named for the bulldog appearance of the skull and the large maxillary processes in the position of mammalian canines.

References

• Meylan, P.A.; Gaffney, E.S.; Campos, D.A.. 2009: Caninemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of Brazil. American Museum novitates 3639: 1–26. PDF.