amazonensis, due to the Legal Amazon area, in the northern region of Brazil, where the fossil was discovered
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)
Belongs to Itapecuruemys according to D. L. Batista et al. 2021
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UFRJ DG 66-R, a partial shell (a partially preserved carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim, which is in an Aptian/Albian fluvial-deltaic sandstone/mudstone in the Itapecuru Formation of Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mata locality, Itapecuru-Mirim
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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