Podocnemis

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Podocnemis
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Podocnemis unifilis,
yellow-spotted river turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: Podocnemis
Wagler, 1830
Species

6 species, see text

Podocnemis is a

extant species occurring in tropical South America.[1]
Four additional species are known only from fossils.

Species

These six species are extant.[1]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Podocnemis.

Fossil species

The following four species are extinct, all from Neogene deposits in South America:

AMNH
1662)

The Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) species "Podocnemis" parva Haas, 1978, based on remains from the West Bank, is now assigned to Algorachelus, as A. parvus.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Podocnemis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Yellow-headed sideneck, iNaturalist
  3. ^ a b Wood RC (1997). "Turtles". In: Kay RF, Madden RH, Cifelli RL, Flynn JJ (editors). Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Washington, District of Columbia: Smithsonian Institution Press.
  4. S2CID 257258234
    . Retrieved 2023-02-27.
  5. .

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1889). Catalogue of the Chelonians, Rhynchocephalians, and Crocodiles in the British Museum (Natural History). New Edition. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). x + 311 pp. + Plates I-III. (Genus Podocnemis, pp. 200–201, Figures 50–51).
  • . (Podocnemis, pp. 149, 271–272).
  • Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Podocnemis, new genus, p. 135). (in German and Latin).