Galianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of Morocco. American Museum novitates ; no. 3379

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dc.contributor.authorGaffney, Eugene S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorTong, Haiyan.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMeylan, Peter A. (Peter Andre)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-10-06T16:41:08Z
dc.date.available2005-10-06T16:41:08Z
dc.date.issued2002en_US
dc.description20 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).en_US
dc.description.abstractThe Cenomanian redbeds of southern Morocco have yielded skulls of a new genus and two new species of side-necked turtles, Galianemys whitei and Galianemys emringeri. The genus is based on a series of nine well-preserved skulls and three partial skulls. Galianemys is a pelomedusoid pleurodire belonging to the family Bothremydidae Baur, 1891, because it has: (1) precolumellar fossa absent, (2) foramen stapedio-temporale facing anteriorly, (3) eustachian tube separated from stapes by bone, and (4) exoccipital-quadrate contact. Within the Bothremydidae Galianemys is best resolved as the sister group to Cearachelys because both have the jugal retracted from the orbital margin and a small, slitlike fenestra postotica. Galianemys emringeri has a deep fossa pterygoidei, ventrally exposed prootic, foramen nervi facialis and foramen nervi vidiani, a thicker labial ridge, and the jugal not exposed on the triturating surface, while Galianemys whitei has a shallow fossa pterygoidei, covered prootic and foramen nervi facialis and vidiani, a thinner labial ridge, and a jugal exposed on the triturating surface.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2246/2868
dc.languageengen_US
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dc.publisherNew York, NY : American Museum of Natural Historyen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican Museum novitates ; no. 3379en_US
dc.subject.lccQL1 .A436 no.3379 2002en_US
dc.subject.lcshGalianemys whitei.en_US
dc.subject.lcshGalianemys emringeri.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTurtles, Fossil -- Morocco.en_US
dc.subject.lcshReptiles, Fossil -- Morocco.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Cretaceous -- Morocco.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPaleontology -- Morocco.en_US
dc.titleGalianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides, Bothremydidae) from the late Cretaceous of Morocco. American Museum novitates ; no. 3379en_US
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