Araripemydidae

Araripemydidae Temporal range: Aptian–Cenomanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Araripemydidae (Araripemys barretoi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Hyperfamily:	Pelomedusoides
Family:	† Araripemydidae Price, 1973
Genera
Araripemys Taquetochelys

Araripemydidae is a family of freshwater aquatic turtles belonging to the order Pleurodira (side-necked turtles), known from the Early Cretaceous of South America and Africa. The family contains two recognised monotypic genera, Araripemys and Taquetochelys , from the Santana Group of Brazil and the Elrhaz Formation of Niger, respectively, ^[1] which date to the Aptian-Albian stages of the Early Cretaceous. ^[2] They are consider to be the most basal lineage within the Pelomedusoides. ^[3] They are thought to have been specialised suction feeders. ^[4] Laganemys was named in 2013 but was later determined to be synonymous with Taquetochelys. ^[3]

References

1. Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Haiyan; Meylan, Peter A. (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–698. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5824. S2CID   85790134.
2. Sereno, Paul C.; ElShafie, Sara J. (2013). "A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger". In Brinkman, D.B.; et al. (eds.). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 215–250. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_14. ISBN   978-94-007-4308-3.
3. Pérez-García, Adán (2019-01-01). "Identification of the Lower Cretaceous pleurodiran turtle Taquetochelys decorata as the only African araripemydid species". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (1): 24–32. Bibcode:2019CRPal..18...24P. doi: 10.1016/j.crpv.2018.04.004 . ISSN   1631-0683.
4. Joyce, Walter G.; Rollot, Yann; Evers, Serjoscha W.; Lyson, Tyler R.; Rahantarisoa, Lydia J.; Krause, David W. (2021). "A new pelomedusoid turtle, Sahonachelys mailakavava, from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar provides evidence for convergent evolution of specialized suction feeding among pleurodires". Royal Society Open Science. 8 (5) 210098. Bibcode:2021RSOS....810098J. doi: 10.1098/rsos.210098 . ISSN   2054-5703. PMC   8097199 . PMID   34035950.