South of Rio Branco (Neogene to of Brazil)

Also known as Rio Acre

Where: Acre, Brazil (10.0° S, 67.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.2° S, 66.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Solimões Formation, Huayquerian to Huayquerian (8.0 - 3.8 Ma)

• single specimen

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; lithology not reported

• "continentale fluviatile"
• none given

Size class: macrofossils

Primary 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 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68364: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.01.2007

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Taxonomic list

• no indication as to whether there are other taxa
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Reptilia
 Testudines - Podocnemididae
Podocnemis negrii n. sp.
Podocnemis negrii n. sp. Carvalho et al. 2002 river turtle