Patagoniaemys
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Patagoniaemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~
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Patagoniaemys and Carnotaurus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Meiolaniformes |
Genus: | †Patagoniaemys Sterli & de la Fuente, 2011 |
Type species | |
†Patagoniaemys gasparinae Sterli & De la Fuente, 2011
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Patagoniaemys is an extinct genus of stem turtle which existed in central Patagonia, Chubut Province, Argentina during the late Cretaceous epoch (Campanian to Maastrichtian age).[1] It is known from skull fragments and several postcranial elements including a nearly complete vertebral column recovered from the La Colonia Formation. It was first named by Juliana Sterli and Marcelo S. de la Fuente in 2011, and the type species is Patagoniaemys gasparinae.[1]
References
- ^ a b Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo S. (2011). "A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian–Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles". Palaeontology. 54 (1): 63–78. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x.
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