Species: elegans (SUAREZ, 1969)
= Podocnemis elegans SUAREZ, 1969
Etymology:
= Roxochelys elegans (MARTIN-SUAREZ, 1969)
Holotype: MCT 1492-T
Locality: Railway cut in Presidente Prudente, in southwest part of Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Horizon: Adamantina Formation, Bauru group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage?- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: Fragmentary carapaces, plastron and skull.
Paratype:
MCT 1753-R:
Topotypes:
AMNH-7888, LPRP2020, LPRP0369, LPRP0370, MCZ 4123, MN 4322-V, MN 4324-F, MN 6750-V, MN 6783-V, MN 6786-V, MN 6787-V, MN 6808-V, MN 7017-V, MN 7071-V, MZSP-PV29, MZSP-PV30, MZSP-PV32, MZSP-PV34, and MZSP-PV35:
Referred material:
WOOD, 1988
Locality: Sao Paulo State, Brazil.
Horizon: Bauru Formation, Bauru group.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Campanian Stage?- Lower Maastrichtian Stage, Senonian subepoch, Upper Gulf Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: 40,000 specimens.