Colossoemys

Colossoemys; Temporal range: Pleistocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Order:	Crocodylia
Superfamily:	Alligatoroidea
Genus:	Colossoemys; Rodrigues, 1892
Species
	C. macrococcygeana Rodrigues, 1892 (type);

Colossoemys is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian. It inhabited South America during the Pleistocene epoch. The genus was originally named on the basis of two large procoelous vertebrae, a pubis, and a plastral fragment (likely to be from a turtle rather than a crocodilian^[1]). The paucity of material associated with the genus has led Colossoemys to be considered a possible nomen dubium in the past.

References

^ Williams, E. E. (1952).A new fossil tortoise from Mona Island, West Indies, and a tentative arrangement of the tortoises of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99: 541-560.

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[1] Williams, E. E. (1952).A new fossil tortoise from Mona Island, West Indies, and a tentative arrangement of the tortoises of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99: 541-560.

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