†Brasilemys Lapparent de Broin 2000 (sideneck turtle)
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Full reference: F. d. Lapparent de Broin. 2000. The oldest pre-Podocnemidid turtle (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the early Cretaceous, Ceará state, Brasil, and its environment. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 9:43-95
Parent taxon: Podocnemidinura according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Cadena et al. 2012, Gaffney et al. 2006, Joyce et al. 2004, Lapparent de Broin 2000 and Oliveira and Romano 2007
Sister taxon: Portezueloemys
Subtaxa: Brasilemys josai
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Chapada do Araripe [Romualdo Fm.] (general) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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