Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: P. Carvalho, J. Bocquentin, and F. Lapparent Broin. 2002. Une nouvelle espèce de Podocnemis (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) provenant du Néogène de la formation Solimões, Acre, Brésil. Géobios 35(6):677-686
Belongs to Podocnemis according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Carvalho et al. 2002, Oliveira and Romano 2007 and Riff et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Podocnemis argentinensis, Podocnemis bassleri, Podocnemis bramlyi, Podocnemis brasiliensis, Podocnemis erythrocephala, Podocnemis expansa, Podocnemis freibergi, Podocnemis geologorum, Podocnemis harrisi, Podocnemis lewyana, Podocnemis medemi, Podocnemis pritchardi, Podocnemis sextuberculata, Podocnemis stromeri, Podocnemis tatacoensis, Podocnemis unifilis, Podocnemis vogli
Type specimen: UFAC-PV 4441, a partial skeleton (incomplete dorsal carapace, anterior plastron fragment, and right pelvic girdle). Its type locality is South of Rio Branco, which is in a Huayquerian/Montehermosan fluvial horizon in the Solimões Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at South of Rio Branco
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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