Bothremydidae

Bothremydidae is an extinct family of side-necked turtles. They belong to suborder Pleurodira and the order Testudines. Like their modern relatives, bothremydidids often inhabited freshwater habitats, but several species were instead marine;[1] they are unrelated to modern sea turtles. They were actively mobile omnivores. They became extinct in the Oligocene or Miocene.[2][3]

Bothremydidae
Temporal range: 99.6–20 Ma
Gafsachelys spp. skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Hyperfamily: Pelomedusoides
Family: Bothremydidae
Baur, 1891

The family is split into two subfamilies and a number of tribes.[4]

Bothremydidae

  • Subfamily Bothremydinae Gaffney et al., 2006
    • Tribe Bothremydini Gaffney et al., 2006
      • Subtribe Bothremydina Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Araiochelys Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Araiochelys hirayamai Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Bothremys Leidy, 1865 (jr synonym: Karkaemys)
          • Bothremys arabicus (Zalmout et al., 2005)
          • Bothremys cooki Leidy, 1865
          • Bothremys kellyi Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Bothremys maghrebiana Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Chedighaii Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Chedighaii barberi (Schmidt, 1940)
          • Chedighaii hutchisoni Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Rosasia Costa, 1940
          • Rosasia soutoi Carrington da Costa, 1940
        • Inaechelys Carvalho, 2016
          • Inaechelys pernambucensis Caralho, 2016
        • Zolhafah Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
          • Zolhafah bella Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
      • Subtribe Foxemydina Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Elochelys Nopsca, 1931
          • Elochelys convenarum Laurent et al., 2002
          • Elochelys perfecta Nopsca, 1931
        • Foxemys Tong et al., 1998
          • Foxemys mechinorum Tong '"et al., 1998
        • Polysternon Portis, 1882
          • Polysternon atlanticum Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1996
          • Polysternon provinciale (Matheron, 1869)
        • Puentemys Cadena et al., 2012
          • Puentemys mushaisaensis Cadena et al.'", 2012
    • Tribe Taphrosphyini Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Ilatardia Pérez-García, 2019
      • Subtribe Nigermydina Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Arenila Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
          • Arenila krebsi Lapparent de Broin and Werner, 1998
      • Subtribe Taphrosphyina Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Azabbaremys Gaffney et al., 2001
          • Azabbaremys moragjonesi Gaffney et al., 2001
        • Eotaphrosphys Perez-Garcia, 2018
          • Eotaphrosphys ambiguum (Gaudry, 1890)
        • Motelomama Perez-Garcia, 2018
          • Motelomama olssoni (Schmidt, 1931)
        • Phosphatochelys Gaffney and Tong, 2003
          • Phosphatochelys tedfordi Gaffney and Tong, 2003
        • Rhothonemys Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Rhothonemys brinkmani Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Taphrosphys Cope, 1869 (jr synonyms: Amblypeza, Bantuchelys, Prochonias)
          • Taphrosphys congolensis (Dollo, 1912)
          • Taphrosphys dares Hay, 1908 (nomen dubium)
          • Taphrosphys ippolitoi Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy, 1856)
        • Ummulisani Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Ummulisani rutgersensis Gaffney et al., 2006
        • Crassachelys (nomen dubium)
          • Crassachelys neurirregularis (Bergounioux, 1952)
        • Eusarkia (nomen dubium)
        • Gafsachelys Stefano, 1903 (nomen dubium)
        • Labrostochelys Gaffney et al., 2006
          • Labrostochelys galkini Gaffney et al., 2006
    • Tribe Cearachelyini Gaffney et al., 2006
      • Cearachelys Gaffney et al.,
        • Cearachelys placidoi Gaffney et al., 2001
      • Galianemys Gaffney et al., 2002
        • Galianemys emringeri Gaffney et al., 2002
        • Galianemys whitei Gaffney et al., 2002
  • Subfamily Kurmademydinae Gaffney et al., 2006
    • Tribe Kurmademydini Gaffney et al., 2006
      • Kinkonychelys Gaffney et al., 2009
        • Kinkonychelys rogersi Gaffney et al., 2009
      • Kurmademys Gaffney et al., 2001
        • Kurmademys kallamedensis Gaffney et al., 2001
      • Sankuchemys Gaffney et al., 2003
        • Sankuchemys sethnai Gaffney et al., 2003

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram by Gaffney et al. in 2006:[2]

Chelidae

Pelomedusoides

Araripemys

Pelomedusidae

Euraxemydidae

Dirqadium

Euraxemys

Podocnemidioidea

Podocnemidinura

Bothremydidae
Kurmademydini

Kurmademys

Sankuchemys

Bothremydinae
Cearachelyini

Galianemys

Cearachelys

Bothremyodda
Bothremydini

Foxemys (=Polysternon)

Polysternon

Zolhafah

Rosasia

Araiochelys

Chedighaii hutchisoni

Chedighaii barberi

Bothremys cooki

Bothremys magrhebiana

Bothremys kellyi

Bothremys arabicus

Taphrosphyini

Nigeremys

Arenila

Azabbaremys

Labrostochelys

Taphrosphys

Rhothonemys

Phosphatochelys

Ummulisani

References

  1. Anny Rafaela de Araújo Carvalho; Aline Marcele Ghilardi; Alcina Magnólia Franca Barreto (2016). "A new side-neck turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Early Paleocene (Danian) Maria Farinha Formation, Paraíba Basin, Brazil". Zootaxa 4126 (4): 491–513. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.3.
  2. Gaffney, E. S.; Tong, H.; Meylan, P. A. (2006-11-17). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New York: American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–700. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5824.
  3. Adán Pérez-García, A new turtle confirms the presence of Bothremydidae (Pleurodira) in the Cenozoic of Europe and expands the biostratigraphic range of Foxemydina, The Science of Nature August 2016, 103:50 First online: 04 June 2016
  4. The Paleontology Database Bothremydidae entry accessed on 26 January 2011
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