Notoemys Cattoi and Freiburg 1961
Description
Genus Notoemys Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961
TYPE SPECIES: Notoemys laticentralis Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961.
INCLUDED SPECIES: laticentralis, oxfordiensis, zapatocaensis.
REVISED DIAGNOSIS: Pleurodiran turtle, having the sutured pelvis and xiphiplastral notch characteristic of pleurodires; carapace shape consisting of a wide, straight anterior shell margin, anterior carapace sides roughly parallel, and posterior sides tapering, similar to that in Platychelys but distinct from Proterochersis, Dortoka, Chelidae, and Pelomedusoides; differs from Proterochersis in having a low shell, no carapacial anal excavation, and fewer than 14 marginal scales; differs from Platychelys in having no supramarginal scales, wide cervical scale, smooth shell with no high protuberances or strong radiating ridges, relatively flat shell, and large suprapygal one; differs from Dortoka in having wide neurals and cordiform rather than oval shell.
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)470<0001:NZANST>2.0.CO;2 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5382922 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFEEFF57EC180224FFAAFFBC2107FF90 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03D7872FEC1A0227FD1DFB082036FEDD (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SPECIES
- Family
- Platychelyidae
- Genus
- Notoemys
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Testudines
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Cattoi and Freiburg
- Taxon rank
- genus
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Notoemys and, 1961 sec. RUEDA & GAFFNEY, 2005