Araripemydidae, the Glossary
Araripemydidae is a family of freshwater aquatic turtles belonging to the order Pleurodira (side-necked turtles), known from the Early Cretaceous of South America and Africa.[1]
Table of Contents
10 relations: Albian, Aptian, Aquatic feeding mechanisms, Araripemys, Basal (phylogenetics), Elrhaz Formation, Monotypic taxon, Pleurodira, Santana Group, Turtle.
- Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Paleocene extinctions
- Pleurodira
- Prehistoric turtles of South America
- Turtle families
Albian
The Albian is both an age of the geologic timescale and a stage in the stratigraphic column.
Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.
Aquatic feeding mechanisms
Aquatic feeding mechanisms face a special difficulty as compared to feeding on land, because the density of water is about the same as that of the prey, so the prey tends to be pushed away when the mouth is closed.
See Araripemydidae and Aquatic feeding mechanisms
Araripemys
Araripemys is an extinct marine turtle genus from 112 to 109 million years ago, in the Early Cretaceous Crato and Romualdo Formations of the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil. Araripemydidae and Araripemys are Pleurodira, Prehistoric turtle stubs and Prehistoric turtles of South America.
See Araripemydidae and Araripemys
Basal (phylogenetics)
In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the base (or root) of a rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram.
See Araripemydidae and Basal (phylogenetics)
Elrhaz Formation
The Elrhaz Formation is a geological formation in Niger, West Africa.
See Araripemydidae and Elrhaz Formation
Monotypic taxon
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.
See Araripemydidae and Monotypic taxon
Pleurodira
The Pleurodira are one of the two living suborders of turtles, the other being the Cryptodira.
See Araripemydidae and Pleurodira
Santana Group
The Santana Group is a geologic group, formerly included as the middle part of the Araripe Group, in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil.
See Araripemydidae and Santana Group
Turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs.
See also
Late Cretaceous first appearances
- Acanthoceratidae
- Acanthoceratoidea
- Araripemydidae
- Arctocyonidae
- Cimolodontidae
- Cimolomyidae
- Cimolopterygidae
- Cunninghamites
- Djadochtatheriidae
- Eucosmodontidae
- Ferugliotheriidae
- Glyptosaurinae
- Gobiguania
- Herpetotheriidae
- Hoplitoidea
- Leptictida
- Linthia
- Meridiolestida
- Microcosmodontidae
- Neoplagiaulacidae
- Nostoceratidae
- Nypa fruticans
- Palaeoctopodidae
- Palaeoryctidae
- Pantolestidae
- Paratropes fossilis
- Plethodidae
- Presbyornithidae
- Priscagamidae
- Ptilodontidae
- Sebecia
- Sebecosuchia
- Sloanbaataridae
- Sphagesauridae
- Sudamericidae
- Taeniolabidoidea
- Thoracosaurus
- Vegaviidae
- Ziphosuchia
Paleocene extinctions
- Ammonitida
- Araripemydidae
- Bemalambda
- Bemalambdidae
- Cimolodontidae
- Cimolomyidae
- Deltatheroida
- Etyiidae
- Ichthyodectiformes
- Kawasphenodon
- Kogaionidae
- Microcosmodontidae
- Mixodectidae
- Palaeoryctidae
- Periptychidae
- Ptilodontidae
- Taeniolabididae
- Taeniolabidoidea
- Thoracosaurus
Pleurodira
- Acleistochelys
- Amabilis uchoensis
- Araripemydidae
- Araripemys
- Bothremydidae
- Caririemys
- Chelidae
- Dortokidae
- Pelomedusidae
- Platychelyidae
- Pleurodira
- Podocnemididae
- Sahonachelyidae
- Sahonachelys
- Sokatra
Prehistoric turtles of South America
- Araripemydidae
- Araripemys
- Caninemys
- Carbonemys
- Chubutemys
- Gaffneylania
- Lomalatachelys
- Niolamia
- Patagoniaemys
- Peltocephalus maturin
- Phrynops paranaensis
- Prochelidella
- Stupendemys
- Tacuarembemys
Turtle families
- Araripemydidae
- Baenidae
- Bothremydidae
- Carettochelyidae
- Chelidae
- Cheloniidae
- Chelydridae
- Compsemydidae
- Dermatemydidae
- Dermochelyidae
- Emydidae
- Eurysternidae
- Geoemydidae
- Helochelydridae
- Kinosternidae
- Macrobaenidae
- Nanhsiungchelyidae
- Pelomedusidae
- Platychelyidae
- Plesiochelyidae
- Pleurosternidae
- Podocnemididae
- Protostegidae
- Sandownidae
- Sichuanchelyidae
- Sinemydidae
- Trionychidae
- Xinjiangchelyidae