Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae
Full reference: L. I. Price. 1953. Os Quelônios da Formação Bauru, Cretáceo terrestre do Brasil meridional. Boletim do Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral/Divisão de Geologia e Mineralogia, Rio de Janeiro 147:1-34
Parent taxon: Podocnemidoidae according to J. P. Bogado et al. 2023
See also Carroll 1988, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Ferreira et al. 2018, Gaffney et al. 2011, Oliveira and Romano 2007 and Price 1953
Sister taxa: Amabilis, Brasilemydidae
Subtaxa: Roxochelys harrisi Roxochelys vilavilensis Roxochelys wanderleyi
Type: Roxochelys wanderleyi
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Bolivia (4)
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (1), Brazil (8)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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