''Bauruemys'' is an extinct genus of turtles in the family

Podocnemididae Podocnemididae is a family of pleurodire (side-necked) turtles, once widely distributed. Most of its 41 genera and 57 species are now extinct. Seven of its eight surviving species are native to South America: the genus '' Peltocephalus'', with tw ...

. A study on the skulls of the Late Cretaceous stem-podocnemidid ''Bauruemys elegans'' from the

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in Brazil is published by Mariani & Romano (

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), who interpret all specimens as belonging to the same species and likely to the same population, assess the ontogenetic changes in the skull of ''B. elegans'' and tentatively assess the changes of eating preference habits over ontogeny in the species.

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* Podocnemididae Prehistoric turtle genera Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America Campanian life Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 1969 Extinct turtles {{paleo-turtle-stub