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Prochelidella portezuelae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8598289https://www.gbif.org/species/8598289
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)238473https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=238473
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Chelidae : Prochelidella : Prochelidella portezuelae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Panchelidae : Prochelidella : Prochelidella portezuelae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SauropsidaHuxley 1864
classReptiliaLaurenti 1768
-Testudinata
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderPleurodiraCope 1865
-PanchelidaeJoyce et al. 2004
genusProchelidellaLapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001
speciesProchelidella portezuelaede la Fuente 2004
Generic NameProchelidella
Scientific NameProchelidella portezuelae de la Fuente, 2004
Name Published Inde la Fuente, Marcelo S. 2004. Two new Pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(3): 559-575.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Prochelidella portezuelaespeciesbelongs to Prochelidellastated with evidencede la Fuente, 2003
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance93.5 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance93.5 - 85.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Environmentfreshwater (based on Pleurodira)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Pleurodira)
Reproductionoviparous (based on Pleurodira)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. S. de la Fuente. 2003. Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(3):559-575

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2003Prochelidella portezuelae de la Fuente
2014Prochelidella portezuelae de la Fuente et al.
2016Prochelidella portezuelae Maniel and de la Fuente

References

de la Fuente M. S. (2003) Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Northern Patagonia, Argentina, Journal of Paleontology 77 3, 559-575
de la Fuente M. S., Sterli J., et al (2014) Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles, Springer Earth System Sciences doi:0.1007/978-3-319-00518-8
Maniel I. J., de la Fuente M. S. (2016) A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelidae, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57 2, 191-227
M. S. de la Fuente (2003) Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Northern Patagonia, Argentina: Journal of Paleontology 3: 559--575 - via Catalogue of Life
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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