Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney and R. C. Wood. 2002. Bairdemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of the Caribbean. 3359:1-28
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Cadena et al. 2012, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Ferreira et al. 2015, Gaffney et al. 2011, Gaffney and Wood 2002, Riff et al. 2010 and Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer 2010
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Neochelys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Bairdemys hartsteini Bairdemys healeyorum Bairdemys miocenica Bairdemys sanchezi Bairdemys thalassica Bairdemys venezuelensis Bairdemys winklerae
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (1 collection), United States (4: Maryland, North Carolina, Puerto Rico), Venezuela (8)
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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