Title
Bairdemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 3359
By
Gaffney, Eugene S.
Wood, Roger Conant
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, NY American Museum of Natural History c2002
Notes
Caption title.
"March 26, 2002."
A new genus, Bairdemys, is erected for two species of side-necked turtles. Bairdemys venezuelensis (Wood and Díaz de Gamero, 1971) from the late Miocene Urumaco Formation of Venezuela is represented by four skulls and a number of shells. Bairdemys hartsteini from the Miocene of Puerto Rico is known from a skull. Bairdemys is a member of the Podocnemididae because it possesses a cavum pterygoideus, and is related to the Shweboemys Group because it has a well-developed secondary palate. It differs from all other Podocnemididae in having large ventral convexities on the secondary palate, the eustachian tube separated by bone from the fenestra postotica, and the frontal and prefrontal strongly convex dorsally.
Subjects
Bairdemys
,
Miocene
,
Paleontology
,
Puerto Rico
,
Reptiles, Fossil
,
Turtles, Fossil
,
Venezuela
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.3359 2002
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1206/0003-0082(2002)359<0001:BANSNT>2.0.CO;2
OCLC:
49534856
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