†family Brasilemydidae Lapparent de Broin 2000 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae

Full reference: F. d. Lapparent de Broin. 2000. The oldest pre-Podocnemidid turtle (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the early Cretaceous, CearĂ¡ state, Brasil, and its environment. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 9:43-95

Parent taxon: Podocnemidoidae according to F. d. Lapparent de Broin 2000

Sister taxa: Amabilis, Roxochelys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brasilemydidae in the database

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