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Araiochelys

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Extinct genus of turtles

Araiochelys
Temporal range:Paleocene,66.043–61.7 Ma[1]
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Bothremydidae
Subfamily:Bothremydinae
Tribe:Bothremydini
Subtribe:Bothremydina
Genus:Araiochelys
Gaffney et al., 2006
Species:
A. hirayamai
Binomial name
Araiochelys hirayamai
Gaffney et al., 2006

Araiochelys ("narrow turtle") is an extinctgenus ofbothremydidpleurodiran turtle that was discovered in theOuled Abdoun Basin,Morocco.[2][1][3] The genus consists solely oftype speciesA. hirayamai.[1]

Discovery

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Araiochelys was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, primarily known for itsMaastrichtian andPaleocene fossils.[2]

Description

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The preorbital section ofAraiochelys's skull is narrower than in all other members of theBothremydini. The dorsal process is noted by the describers as being narrow in contrast toBothremys. The ridge forming the lower rim of the orbit is relatively distinct, also in contrast toBothremys.[2]

References

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  1. ^abc"†Araiochelys Gaffney et al. 2006".Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved26 January 2023.
  2. ^abcGaffney, 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.300:1–318.doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2.hdl:2246/5824.S2CID 85790134.
  3. ^Araiochelys Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 †. Retrieved through:Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 26 January 2023.
Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
  
 
Araiochelys
Araiochelys hirayamai


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