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

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  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.