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Big-headed Amazon River Turtle

Peltocephalus dumerilianus

Classification

The Big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus), also known as the big-headed sideneck, is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae. Taxonomy An additional, much larger species of Peltocephalus is known, the extinct Peltocephalus maturin. Peltocephalus is the most basal podocnemidid genus, splitting off in the Cretaceous around 86 million years ago.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 15FrancePeru