Araripemydidae

Araripemydidae Temporal range: 100–55 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Araripemydidae (Araripemys barretoi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptiles
Order:	Testudines
Family:	Araripemydidae Price, 1973
Genus
Araripemys Laganemys

Araripemydidae is a family of turtles belonging to the order Testudines. There are no living representatives of the family but fossil records have been used to identify it as part of the Pleurodira suborder. There are five collections of single fossils, four that were found in Brazil and one that was found in Niger.^[1] The family contains two recognised genera, Araripemys and Laganemys, and two species, Araripemys barretoi and Laganemys tenerensis.^[2] Fossils indicate they lived from the Late Cretaceous period (100mya) to the Paleocene period (55mya).^[3]

References

1. "family Araripemydidae Price 1973 (sideneck turtle)". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
2. Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Haiyan.; Meylan, Peter A. (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (American Museum of Natural History) 300. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
3. Sereno, Paul C.; ElShafie, Sara J. (2013). "A New Long-Necked Turtle, Laganemys tenerensis (Pleurodira: Araripemydidae), from the Elrhaz Formation (Aptian–Albian) of Niger". In Brinkman, D.B. et al.. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 215–250. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_14.