Podocnemis argentinensis Cattoi and Freiberg 1958 (river turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: N. Cattoi and M.A. Freiberg. 1958. Una nueva especie de “Podocnemis” del Cretáceo argentino. Physis 21:58-67

Belongs to Podocnemis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014

See also Cattoi and Freiberg 1958

Sister taxa: Podocnemis bassleri, 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: MACN 17988, a partial shell (an almost complete plastron without anterior and posterior ends). Its type locality is Quebrada Queñoal, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Maiz Gordo Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Argentina (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Argentina (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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