Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Named after the collector, H. Bassler
Full reference: E. E. Williams. 1956. Podocnemis bassleri, a New Species of Pelomedusid Turtle from the Late Tertiary of Peru. American Museum Novitates 1782:1-10
Belongs to Podocnemis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Campos and de Broin 1981, Oliveira and Romano 2007, Riff et al. 2010 and Williams 1956
Sister taxa: Podocnemis argentinensis, Podocnemis bramlyi, Podocnemis brasiliensis, Podocnemis erythrocephala, Podocnemis expansa, Podocnemis freibergi, Podocnemis geologorum, Podocnemis harrisi, Podocnemis lewyana, Podocnemis medemi, Podocnemis negrii, Podocnemis pritchardi, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Podocnemis stromeri, Podocnemis tatacoensis, Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemis vogli
Type specimen: AMNH 1662, a skull. Its type locality is Rio Aguaytia (= Podocnemis bassleri type locality), which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone in Peru.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at Rio Aguaytia (= Podocnemis bassleri type locality)
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