Podocnemis brasiliensis, Staesche, 1937

Gaffney, Eugene S., Meylan, Peter A., Wood, Roger C., Simons, Elwyn & De Almeida Campos, Diogenes, 2011, Evolution Of The Side-Necked Turtles: The Family Podocnemididae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2011 (350), pp. 1-237 : 69

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‘‘Podocnemis’ ’ brasiliensis Staesche, 1937

Bauruemys brasiliensis ( Staesche, 1937) Kischlat, 1994

TYPE SPECIMEN: DGM 214-R in Price (1953: 12) but DGM 2980 in Candeiro et al. (2006: 927). Correct number is MCT 214-R (G.R. Oliveira, personal commun.). Partial plastron figured in Staesche (1937: fig. 1 [restored], pls. 16, 17) and Price (1953: figs. 1, 2.).

TYPE LOCALITY: Araçatuba Jupia, Mirandópolis, São Paulo State, Brazil.

HORIZON: Adamantina Fm. fide Candeiro et al. (2006).

DIAGNOSIS: Although diagnoses are given by both Staesche (1937) and Price (1953), these do not actually distinguish this taxon from many others known today.

REFERRED MATERIAL: None.

PREVIOUS WORK AND DISCUSSION: The type is inadequate for an objective diagnosis, and Oliveira and Romano (2007) correctly considered it a nomen dubium.