Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Named for the bulldog appearance of the skull and the large maxillary processes in the position of mammalian canines.
Full reference: P. A. Meylan, E. S. Gaffney, and D. Almeida Campos. 2009. Caninemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3634:1-26
Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to E. - A. Cadena et al. 2021
See also Cadena et al. 2012, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2011 and Meylan et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Andrewsemys, Eocenochelus, Erymnochelyini, Ragechelus, Stupendemys
Subtaxa: Caninemys tridentata
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), Colombia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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