Bairdemys, Gaffney and Wood, 2002

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 : 54

Bairdemys , species indeterminate

SPECIMEN: AMNH 30000, a poorly preserved skull and partial carapace ( Gaffney et al., 2008).

LOCALITY AND HORIZON: Castillo Formation, Venezuela; see Sánchez-Villagra et al. (2000), Sánchez-Villagra and Winkler (2006).

DISCUSSION: This skull has been figured in Sánchez-Villagra et al. (2000), Sánchez-Villagra and Winkler (2006), and discussed in Sánchez-Villagra and Scheyer (2010). Sánchez-Villagra and Winkler (2006) have most recently argued that it is a distinct species within Bairdemys . We agree, but a skull without sutures that is as poorly preserved as AMNH 30000 should not be named. It can be differentiated from the other four species recognized here by the posterior position of the condylus articularis, slightly wider anterior portion of the triturating surfaces, and the more horizontal orientation of the orbits.