New occurrences of fossil Testudines of the Romualdo Formation, Aptian-Albian of the Araripe Basin, Pernambuco, Northeast Brazil

So far, there are at least 22 species of fossil turtles formally described for Brazil, with the Araripe Basin being the second largest in Mesozoic diversity with five species, losing only to the Bauru Group, with six species. The material presented here refers to three fossil turtles (DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8470, DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8471, DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8932) from Romualdo, an Albian Formation of the Araripe Basin (Cretaceous), collected in municipalities of Pernambuco (PE). The DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8470 specimen was identified as Araripemys barretoi Price, 1973, and DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8471 and DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8932 as Cearachelys placidoi Gaffney et al., 2001, the first occurrence of this taxon in the state of Pernambuco. DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8470 and DGEO-CTG-UFPE 8932 are the first Testudines described from the municipality of Exu, (PE).