Podocnemis
Podocnemis Temporal range:
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Podocnemis unifilis, yellow-spotted river turtle | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | Podocnemis Wagler, 1830 |
Species | |
6 species, see text |
Podocnemis is a
Four additional species are known only from fossils.Species
These six species are extant.[1]
- Podocnemis erythrocephala (Spix, 1824) – red-headed Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis expansa (Schweigger, 1812) – Arrau turtle
- Podocnemis lewyana A.H.A. Duméril, 1852 – Magdalena River turtle
- Podocnemis sextuberculata Cornalia, 1849 – six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 – yellow-spotted river turtle, yellow-headed sideneck[2]
- Podocnemis vogli L. Müller, 1935 – savanna side-necked turtle
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Podocnemis.
Fossil species
The following four species are extinct, all from Neogene deposits in South America:
- Podocnemis bassleri †
- Podocnemis medemi †[3]
- Podocnemis pritchardi †[3]
- Podocnemis tatacoensis †Cadena & Vanegas, 2023.[4]
The Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) species "Podocnemis" parva Haas, 1978, based on remains from the West Bank, is now assigned to Algorachelus, as A. parvus.[5]
References
- ^ a b Podocnemis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Yellow-headed sideneck, iNaturalist
- ^ a b Wood RC (1997). "Turtles". In: Kay RF, Madden RH, Cifelli RL, Flynn JJ (editors). Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press.
- S2CID 257258234. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Genus Podocnemis, pp. 200–201, Figures 50–51).
- ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Podocnemis, pp. 149, 271–272).
- Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Podocnemis, new genus, p. 135). (in German and Latin).