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Galvechelone lopezmartinezae
Taxonomy
Galvechelone lopezmartinezae was named by Pérez-García and Murelaga (2012). Its type specimen is MPG⁄ CR(m3), a partial shell (articulated antero-medial area of a caparace, retaining the complete first three dorsal vertebrae and the anterior half of the fourth and the dorsal half of the), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerrada Roya (CRH), which is in a Barremian channel mudstone/sandstone in the Camarillas Formation of Spain. It is the type species of Galvechelone.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Galvechelone lopezmartinezae Pérez-García and Murelaga p. 938 fig. 2 |
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†Galvechelone lopezmartinezae Pérez-García and Murelaga 2012
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga 2012 | Cryptodiran turtle with the following character combination: low shell; thin carapace plates; no ornamentation; wide and shallow notch in the anterior region of the carapace, not limited to the nuchal plate; wide nuchal; subrectangular-wide neural plates; second neural plate shorter than the first one; absence of contact between the second neural plate and the boundary between the first two pairs of costals; short first pair of costal plates, with anterior and posterior margins parallel at least along its medial half; vertebral scutes much wider than long; medial contact between the first and second vertebral scutes located on the nuchal plate; absence of a cervical scute because of the contact between the first vertebral scute and the anterior margin of the carapace; hexagonal first dorsal vertebra, almost as wide as long; at least the second to fourth dorsal vertebrae elongated, with wide anterior and posterior areas; presence of a well-developed first dorsal rib; proximal region of the first dorsal rib poorly developed but those of at least the second to fourth ribs very robust, especially that of the second one |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Barremian | Spain (Aragón) | Galvechelone lopezmartinezae (type locality: 36368) |