Patagoniaemys

Patagoniaemys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~73–66 Ma
Patagoniaemys and Carnotaurus
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

[edit]
  1. ^ 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. Bibcode:2011Palgy..54...63S. doi:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2010.01002.x.