Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: M. S. de la Fuente. 2003. Two new pleurodiran turtles from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 77(3):559-575

Parent taxon: Podocnemidinura according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014

See also Cadena et al. 2012, de la Fuente 2003 and Gaffney et al. 2006

Sister taxon: Brasilemys

Subtaxa: Portezueloemys patagonica

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Sierra del Portezuelo (non-specified) (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.