Name - Chelus Dumeril 1806

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:4436695 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Chelus

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

Genus

Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Review of the fossil matamata turtles: earliest well-dated record and hypotheses on the origin of their present geographical distribution.
• New outcrop with vertebrate remains from Solimoes Formation (Eocene-Pliocene), Southern Solimoes Basin, Acre State, Northern Brazil.
• Genomic analyses reveal two species of the matamata (Testudines: Chelidae: Chelus spp.) and clarify their phylogeography.
• New insights into the fossil record of the turtle genus Chelus Dumeril, 1806 including new specimens with information on cervicals and limb bones.

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Sherborn Index Animalium

• Zool. Analyt., 1806 1806: 76. [Index Animalium Entry]

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