Denazinemys
| Denazinemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Baenidae |
| Clade: | †Baenodda |
| Genus: | †Denazinemys Lucas and Sullivan, 2006 |
| Species | |
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D. nodosa (Gilmore, 1916) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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"Baena" nodosa Gilmore, 1916 | |
Denazinemys was a genus of baenodd turtle that lived in the Late Cretaceous of New Mexico. The holotype specimen, which D. nodosa was based on, USNM 8345, consists of a partial carapace and plastron. It came from the De-na-zin Member of the Kirtland Formation, and therefore, Denazinemys lived in the Kirtlandian land-vertebrate age. Many specimens other than the holotype have been assigned to Denazinemys.[1]
Distinguishing characteristics
Previously, Scabremys ornata was assigned to Denazinemys as D. ornata. Below are the features found in Denazinemys distinguishing the two genera:[1]
- a carapace that is sub-triangular with widest dimension posteriorly;
- prepleurals present and touching the first vertebrae medially;
- the first vertebrae an irregular hexagonal shape with the greatest width posteriorly, contacting anterior second vertebrae;
- extracervicals lateral to the primary cervicals, the cervicals being sub-divided;
- and carapace nodes irregular and not forming distinct ridges.
Classification
Denazinemys is a baenodd, along with Plesiobaena, Boremys, Scabremys, Baena and Chisternon.[1]
Below is a cladogram made by Sullivan et al. in 2013 showing the relations of Denazinemys: (note: Boremys pulchra is partly a junior synonym of Boremys grandis)[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Sullivan, R.M.; Jasinski, S.E.; Lucas, S.G. (2013). "Re-Assessment of Late Campanian (Kirtlandian) Turtles from the Upper Cretaceous Fruitland and Kirtland Formations, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA" (PDF). In Brinkman, D.B.; et al. (eds.). Morphology and Evolution of Turtles. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology. pp. 337–339. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-4309-0_20.
