Pricemys caiera Gaffney et al. 2011 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Peiropemydidae

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237

Belongs to Pricemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014

See also Gaffney et al. 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry), which is in a Maastrichtian fluvial sandstone in the Serra da Galga Formation of Brazil

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Price Quarry 1 (Caieira quarry)

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