Podocnemis negrii Carvalho et al. 2002 (river turtle)

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

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