Within the Early Cretaceous Crato and Romualdo Formations of the Araripe Basin in northern Brazil, between 112 and 109 million years ago, there existed the extinct marine turtle genus Araripemys. It is among the pleurodires that are the earliest known.
Shell of Araripemys. This photo was taken by Ghedoghedo at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, New York.
A reconstruction of Araripemys made by VolataireArts on DeviantArt.
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