Reptilia - Testudines - Peiropemydidae

Etymology. The name refers to Monte Alto municipality where the holotype was found

Full reference: G. S. Ferreira, F. V. Iori, G. Hermanson and M. C. Langer. 2018. New turtle remains from the Late Cretaceous of Monte Alto‐SP, Brazil, including cranial osteology, neuroanatomy and phylogenetic position of a new taxon. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 1-18

Belongs to Yuraramirim according to G. S. Ferreira et al. 2018

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPMA 04-0008/89, a partial skeleton (partial skull lacking both premaxillae and squa- mosals, most of the maxillae, and portions of several other bones). Its type locality is 4 km west of Monte Alto, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Adamantina Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at 4 km west of Monte Alto

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.