Niolamia

Niolamia; Temporal range: Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan); ~48.6–37.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Skull
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Family:	†Meiolaniidae
Genus:	†Niolamia; Ameghino, 1899
Species
	†N. argentina;
Synonyms
	Crossochelys;

Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle.^[3] Arthur Smith Woodward classified it as being in the genus Meiolania, but this was not accepted by later authors.^[4] The genus is known from the Sarmiento Formation in Argentina.^[5] Crossochelys was found to be a synoym in a review of South American Turtles.

References[edit]

^ de la Fuente, M. S.; Sterli, J.; Maniel, I (2014). "Introduction". Origin, Evolution and Biogeographic History of South American Turtles. Springer Earth System Sciences. pp. 1–5. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-00518-8_1. ISBN 978-3-319-00517-1.
^ Sterli, J. (2015). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Gondwanan Turtles of the clade Meiolaniformes". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 56 (1): 21–45. doi:10.3374/014.056.0102.
^ Sterli, Juliana; de la Fuente, Marcelo (2011). "Re-Description and Evolutionary Remarks on the Patagonian Horned Turtle Niolamia argentina Ameghino, 1899 (Testudinata, Meiolaniidae)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (6): 1210–1229. doi:10.1080/039.031.0618 (inactive 2019-10-16).
^ Anderson, C. (1925). "Notes on the extinct Chelonian Meiolania, with a record of a new occurrence". Records of the Australian Museum. 14 (4): 223–242. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.14.1925.844.
^ Niolamia at Fossilworks.org