Reptilia - Testudines

Itapecuru in allusion to the type-locality in ItapecuruMirim County, Maranhao State, Brazil, and emys from Greek, turtle.

Full reference: D. L. Batista, I. de Souza Carvalho, and M. S. Fuente. 2021. A new Cretaceous Pleurodira Pelomedusoides from the Lower Cretaceous of Parnaíba Basin, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 105(102872)

Parent taxon: Pelomedusoides according to D. L. Batista et al. 2021

Sister taxa: Apodichelys, Araripemydidae, Caririemys, Chrysemys montolivensis, Francemys, Naiadochelys, Palaeaspis, Panpodocnemidae, Peiropemydidae, Pelomedusera, Podocnemidera, Podocnemidoidae, Podocnemidoidea, Sahonachelyidae, Taphrosphys dares

Subtaxa: Itapecuruemys amazonensis

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Type: Itapecuruemys amazonensis

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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