Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

Derivatio nominis: From the Greek word thalassa ( sea)

Full reference: G. S. Ferreira, A. D. Rincon, A. Solorzano and M. C. Langer. 2015. The last marine pelomedusoids (Testudines: Pleurodira): a new species of Bairdemys and the paleoecology of Stereogenyina. PeerJ 1-29

Belongs to Bairdemys according to G. S. Ferreira et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Bairdemys hartsteini, Bairdemys healeyorum, Bairdemys miocenica, Bairdemys sanchezi, Bairdemys venezuelensis, Bairdemys winklerae

Type specimen: IVIC-P-2908, a partial skull (almost complete skull, lacking the pre-orbital region, the right portion of the skull roof, and the right lateral wall of the fossa temporalis). Its type locality is El Miedo Cave, which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone in the Capadare Formation of Venezuela.

Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at El Miedo Cave

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