| Podocnemis | |
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| Yellow-spotted river turtle | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | Podocnemis Wagler 1830 |
| Species | |
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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. Three additional species are only known from fossils.
Species[1][edit]
- Podocnemis bassleri†
- Podocnemis erythrocephala – red-headed Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis expansa – Arrau turtle
- Podocnemis lewyana – Magdalena River turtle
- Podocnemis medemi†[2]
- Podocnemis pritchardi†[2]
- Podocnemis sextuberculata – six-tubercled Amazon River turtle
- Podocnemis unifilis – yellow-spotted river turtle
- Podocnemis vogli – savanna side-necked turtle
† Extinct
Cast of the skull of the extinct species P. bassleri (AMNH 1662)
References[edit]
- ^ Podocnemis, The Reptile Database
- ^ a b 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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