Name - Stupendemys

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1355305 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Stupendemys Wood 1976

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Pelomedusoid side-necked turtles from Late Miocene sediments in southwestern Amazonia.
• [Cervical vertebrae and xiphiplastron of Stupendemys sp. (Chelonii, Podocnemididae, Podocnemiodinae) from the Mio-Pliocene of Acre State and the border region between Brazil and Peru.]
• Two new species of Chelus (Testudines: Pleurodira) from the late Tertiary of northern South America.
• Stupendemys geographicus, the world's largest turtle.

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