Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae
Synonym: Cambaremys langertoni França and Langer 2005
Full reference: L. I. Price. 1953. Os Quelônios da Formação Bauru, Cretáceo terrestre do Brasil meridional. Boletim do Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral/Divisão de Geologia e Mineralogia, Rio de Janeiro 147:1-34
Belongs to Roxochelys according to J. P. Bogado et al. 2023
See also Campos and de Broin 1981, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Ferreira et al. 2018, França and Langer 2005, Oliveira and Romano 2007, Price 1953 and Romano et al. 2013
Sister taxa: Roxochelys harrisi, Roxochelys vilavilensis
Type specimens:
- Roxochelys wanderleyi: DGM 216-R, a shell. Its type locality is Between Jupiá and Araçatuba (Km 101-104), which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.
- Cambaremys langertoni: CPP-0252, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Sierra do Veadinho, Uberaba, which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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