Full reference: F. d. Lapparent de Broin. 2000. The oldest pre-Podocnemidid turtle (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the early Cretaceous, Ceará state, Brasil, and its environment. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 9:43-95
Belongs to Brasilemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Lapparent de Broin 2000 and Oliveira and Romano 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MGB 37911, a partial skeleton (partial skull and partial carapace). Its type locality is Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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