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.
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