Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
The species epithet is based on the tridentate appearance of the skull that is most clearly seen in anterior view.
Full reference: P. A. Meylan, E. S. Gaffney, and D. Almeida Campos. 2009. Caninemys, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from the Miocene of Brazil. American Museum Novitates 3634:1-26
Belongs to Caninemys according to E. - A. Cadena et al. 2021
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MCT 1496-R, a skull. Its type locality is Locality 28 of Price (Caninemys tridentata type locality), which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in Brazil.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Brazil (1 collection), Colombia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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