Bauruemydinae

Gaffney, Eugene S., Meylan, Peter A., Wood, Roger C., Simons, Elwyn & De Almeida Campos, Diogenes, 2011, Evolution Of The Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (350), pp. 1-237 : 12

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/350.1

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scientific name

Bauruemydinae
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Subfamily Bauruemydinae , new

DIAGNOSIS: Member of the Podocnemididae ; quadratojugal-parietal contact short; temporal emargination extensive; cheek emargination does not reach above level of orbit; foramen jugulare posterius open laterally; tuberculum basioccipitale narrowly spaced; cervical centra not saddle shaped.

DISCUSSION: This new subfamily is created to reflect the position of Bauruemys as sister taxon to all other Podocnemididae . See table 1 for comparison of the basal Podocnemididae described here.

INCLUDED TAXA: Bauruemys .

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