Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Alternative combination: Podocnemis elegans
Full reference: J. M. Suarez. 1969. Um nôvo quelônio fóssil da Formação Baurú. CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE GEOLOGIA, 23., 1969, Salvador. Comunicações 1:87-89
Belongs to Bauruemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Campos and de Broin 1981, Gaffney et al. 2011, Oliveira and Romano 2007 and Romano and Azevedo 2007
Sister taxon: Bauruemys brasiliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is “Tartaruguito”, Pirapozinho, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian fine channel fill mudstone/sandstone in the Presidente Prudente Formation of Brazil
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution: found only at “Tartaruguito”, Pirapozinho
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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