Podocnemis

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Podocnemis
File:Podocnemis unifilis.jpg
Yellow-spotted river turtle
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Podocnemis

Wagler 1830
Species

6 sp., see text

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Podocnemis is a genus of aquatic turtles commonly known as South American river turtles. The genus consists of six extant species occurring in tropical South America.[1] Three additional species are only known from fossils.

Species

These species are extant.

Fossil species

The following three species are extinct:

File:Podocnemis bassleri AMNH 1662 cast.jpg
Cast of the skull of the extinct species P. bassleri (AMNH 1662)

References

  1. Podocnemis, The Reptile Database
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wood, R.C. (1997). Turtles. In Kay, R. F., Madden, R. H., Cifelli, R. L. y J. J. Flynn (eds)., Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics. The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington.

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