Yaminuechelys
Yaminuechelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Hydromedusinae |
Genus: | †Yaminuechelys De la Fuente, et al., 2001[1] |
Species | |
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Yaminuechelys is an extinct genus of chelid turtle from Argentina. The genus first appeared during the Late Cretaceous, and then becomes extinct during the Late Paleocene.[2]
Species
The genus contains the following two species:
- Y. gasperinii (De la Fuente et al., 2001)[1] Cretaceous Allen, Anacleto, La Colonia Formations, Argentina[3]
- Y. maior (Staesche, 1929)[3][4] Paleocene Salamanca and Roca Formations, Argentina
References
- ^ a b De la Fuente, M., F. Lapparent de Broin, and T. Manera de Bianco. 2001, The oldest and first nearly complete skeleton of a chelid, of the Hydromedusa sub-group (Chelidae, Pleurodira), from the Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia. Bullettin de la Société Géologique de France. 172:237–244.
- ^ Bona, P. & De la Fuente, M. 2005. Phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications of Yaminuechelys major (Staesche, 1929) new comb., a large long-necked chelid turtle from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):569–582.
- ^ a b Yaminuechelys at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Staesche K. 1929. Schildkroteneste aus der oberen Kreide Patagoniens. Palaeontographica 72(1-6):103-123
Categories:
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Chelidae
- Fossil Chelid Turtles
- Late Cretaceous turtles
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America
- Paleocene reptiles of South America
- Santonian genus first appearances
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
- Santonian Stage
- Campanian Stage
- Maastrichtian Stage
- Cretaceous Argentina
- Paleogene Argentina
- Allen Formation
- Anacleto Formation
- Fossils of Argentina
- Fossil taxa described in 2001