Apeshemys, PØrez-García, 2021

PØrez-García, AdAEn, 2021, New shell information and new generic attributions for the Egyptian podocnemidid turtles “ Podocnemis ” fajumensis (Oligocene) and “ Podocnemis ” aegyptiaca (Miocene), Fossil Record 24 (2), pp. 247-262 : 250

Apeshemys gen. nov.

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Type and only included species

Figures

Figure 5. Carapace of the podocnemidid turtle Apeshemys aegyptiaca comb. nov. (Erymnochelyini), from the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Qattara Depression (Matruh Governorate, northern Egypt). (a–c) Type specimen. (a) Drawing of the dorsal view of the carapace, corresponding to fig. 1 on plate 1 of Andrews (1900). (b–c) Carapace of the plaster cast NHMUK R2927, corresponding to the holoplastotype of the specimen, in dorsal (b) and ventral (c) views. (d) Dorsal view of a shell of another specimen, currently lost, based on fig. 21 of Fourteau (1920). It is important to point out that some details of this drawing were erroneous, such as the low number of peripherals.

Figure 6. Plastron of the podocnemidid turtle Apeshemys aegyptiaca comb. nov. (Erymnochelyini), from the lower Miocene (Burdigalian) of the Qattara Depression (Matruh Governorate, northern Egypt). (a–d) Type specimen. (a) Drawing of the ventral view of the plastron, corresponding to fig. 2 on plate 1 of Andrews (1900). (b–c) Plastron of the plaster cast NHMUK R2927, corresponding to the holoplastotype of the specimen, in ventral (b) and dorsal (c) views. (d) Drawing of the dorsal view of the posterior area of the posterior plastral lobe, corresponding to fig. 3 on plate 1 of Andrews (1900). (e) Ventral view of the partial plastron of another shell, currently lost, based on fig. 21 of Fourteau (1920).