Inaechelys

Inaechelys
Temporal range: Danian (Tiupampan)
~66–61 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Subfamily: Bothremydinae
Tribe: Bothremydini
Subtribe: Bothremydina
Genus: Inaechelys
de Araujo Carvalho et al., 2016
Species:
I. pernambucensis
Binomial name
Inaechelys pernambucensis
de Araujo Carvalho et al., 2016

Inaechelys is a potentially dubious genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Maria Farinha Formation of Brazil. The genus consists solely of type species I. pernambucensis.[1]

Discovery

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Inaechelys was discovered in the Poty Cement Quarry, in Paulista, Brazil in 2005, by a team from the Federal University of Pernambuco.[1]

Description

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The holotype consists of a carapace, which is fragmented but almost complete. The mesoplastron is not preserved, though its outline is still visible. The anal notch is small, semicircular and wider than it is deep.

Taxonomy

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Pedro Romano placed the species in the genus Rosasia in 2016.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b A. R. de Araujo Carvalho, A. M. Ghilardi, and A. M. Franca Barreto. 2016 "A new side-neck turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) Maria Farinha Formation, Paraíba Basin, Brazil." Zootaxa 4126(4):491-513
  2. ^ Romano, Pedro S.R., 2016, "The tale of the headless turtle", Zootaxa 4200(2): 327-330