Podocnemis geologorum Simpson 1943 (river turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1943. Una tortuga del terciario de Venezuela. Revista del ministerio de Fomento, Caracas, Venezuela 5:53-64

Belongs to Podocnemis according to M. R. Sanchez-Villagra and T. M. Scheyer 2010

See also Simpson 1943

Sister taxa: Podocnemis argentinensis, Podocnemis bassleri, Podocnemis bramlyi, Podocnemis brasiliensis, Podocnemis erythrocephala, Podocnemis expansa, Podocnemis freibergi, Podocnemis harrisi, Podocnemis lewyana, Podocnemis medemi, Podocnemis negrii, Podocnemis pritchardi, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Podocnemis stromeri, Podocnemis tatacoensis, Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemis vogli

Type specimen: AMNH 6781, a partial shell. Its type locality is Quebrada Honda - Zaraza, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial sandstone/marl in Venezuela.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quebrada Honda - Zaraza

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