Chedighaii

Chedighaii; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 74.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	†Bothremydidae
Subfamily:	†Bothremydinae
Tribe:	†Bothremydini
Subtribe:	†Bothremydina; Gaffney et al., 2006
Genus:	†Chedighaii; Gaffney et al., 2006
Type species
	Chedighaii hutchisoni; Gaffney et al., 2006
Other species
	Chedighaii barberi (Schmidt, 1940);
Synonyms
	"Naiadochelys" ingravata Hay, 1908; Podocnemis barberi Schmidt, 1940; Podocnemis alabamae Zangerl, 1948; Bothremys barberi Gaffney and Zangerl, 1968;

Chedighaii was a genus bothremydid turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous, known from two species C. hutchisoni and C. barberi.^[1] Type species, C. hutchisoni was named in 2006 by Gaffney et al. for a specimen, KUVP 14765, consisting only of a skull. The specimen was found in the San Juan Basin of New Mexico in the Hunter Wash Member of the Kirtland Formation. The formation is one of many formations that are from the Kirtlandian land-vertebrate age, and date from 74.0 million years ago. The holotype skull is nearly complete. No skeleton or carapace is known, but the material of "Naiadochelys" ingravata might be assignable to C. hutchisoni.^[2]

References

^ Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Haiyan; Meylan, Peter A. (Peter Andre) (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles : the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 300". American Museum of Natural History.
^ Sullivan, R.M.; Jasinski, S.E.; Lucas, S.G. (2013). "Re-Assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) Turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA" (PDF). In Brinkman, D.B.; et al. (eds.). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 338–387. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20. ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-19.

[1] Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Haiyan; Meylan, Peter A. (Peter Andre) (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles : the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae ; Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, no. 300". American Museum of Natural History.

[sullivan2013-2] Sullivan, R.M.; Jasinski, S.E.; Lucas, S.G. (2013). "Re-Assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) Turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA" (PDF). In Brinkman, D.B.; et al. (eds.). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 338–387. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20. ISBN 978-94-007-4308-3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2014-02-19.

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