Taquetochelys decorata

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: †Araripemydidae
Genus: Taquetochelys
Species: Taquetochelys decorata

Name

• Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
  • Type locality: Gadoufaoua (general), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
  • Holotype: MNHN-GDF 847

Synonymy

• Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980
  • Laganemys tenerensis Sereno & ElShafie. 2013

References

• F. de Broin. 1980. Les tortues de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger); aperçu sur la Paléobiogéographie des Pelomedusidae (Pleurodira). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 139:39-46.
• P.C. Sereno and S.J. ElShafie. 2013. A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger. In D.B. Brinkman, P.A. Holroyd, J.D. Gardner (eds.), Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 215-250