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Rank: | Species | |
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Parent: | Platemys Wagler, 1830 | |
Specific Name: | macrocephala | |
Authorship: | Rhodin, Mittermeier & McMorris | |
Publication: | Platemys macrocephala, a new species of chelid turtle from central Bolivia and the Pantanal region of Brazil. . Herpetologica 40(11): 38-46. | |
Page: | 38 | |
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Type Specimen(s): | NMW 1293 | |
Type Locality: | Caiçara (16°03'S 57°43'W), Rio Paraguay, Mato Grosso, Brazil | |
Fossil: | No | |