Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae

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

See also Cadena et al. 2012, Gaffney et al. 2011, Oliveira and Romano 2007 and Romano and Azevedo 2007

Sister taxa: Albertwoodemys, Bairdemys, Bauruemydinae, Brontochelys, Cambaremys, Carbonemys, Cerrejonemys, Cordichelys, Dacquemys, Erymnochelyinae, Erymnochelys, Gestemys, Kenyemys, Lapparentemys, Latentemys, Lemurchelys, Mogharemys, Papoulemys, Peiropemys, Peltocephalus, Podocnemidinae, Shweboemys, Stereogenyina, Stereogenyini, Stereogenys, Turkanemys

Subtaxa: Bauruemys brasiliensis Bauruemys elegans

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at “Tartaruguito”, Pirapozinho (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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