Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, D. de Almeida Campos, and R. Hirayama. 2001. Cearachelys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3319:1-20
Belongs to Cearachelys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Gaffney et al. 2001 and Oliveira and Romano 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPSC, a partial skeleton (partial skull, shell, cervicals, and limb elements). Its type locality is Santana do Cariri (general), which is in an Aptian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal shale in the Romualdo Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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