Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: E. A. Cadena, J. I. Bloch, and C. A. Jaramillo. 2010. New podocnemidid turtle (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the middle-upper Paleocene of South America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(2):367-382
Parent taxon: Podocnemididae according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Cadena et al. 2010, Cadena et al. 2012 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Bauruemys, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys
Subtaxa: Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at La Puente Pit (Paleocene to Paleocene of Colombia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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