Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae
Full reference: F. de Broin. 1971. Une espece nouvelle de tortue pleurodire (? Roxochelys vilavilensis n. sp.) dans le Cretace superieur de Bolivie. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 7(3-4):445-452
Belongs to Roxochelys according to F. de Broin 1971
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Roxochelys harrisi, Roxochelys wanderleyi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Vila Vila, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Bolivia (4)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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