Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: R. C. Wood. 1976. Stupendemys geographicus, the world's largest turtle. Breviora 436:1-31
Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to E. - A. Cadena et al. 2021
See also Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2011, Oliveira and Romano 2007, Riff et al. 2010, Sanchez-Villagra and Scheyer 2010 and Wood 1976
Sister taxa: Andrewsemys, Caninemys, Eocenochelus, Erymnochelyini, Ragechelus
Subtaxa: Stupendemys geographica Stupendemys souzai
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Huayquerian of Venezuela (3 collections)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Brazil (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (4), Colombia (2), Venezuela (1)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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