Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. A. Cadena, D. T. Ksepka, C. A. Jaramillo and J. I. Bloch. 2012. New pelomedusoid turtles from the late Palaeocene Cerrejon Formation of Colombia and their implications for phylogeny and body size evolution. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10(2):313-331
Belongs to Carbonemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Cadena et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UF/IGM 41, a skull (Nearly complete skull). Its type locality is La Puente Pit, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene delta plain claystone/sandstone in the Cerrejón Formation of Colombia.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Puente Pit
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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