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Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris
Taxonomy
Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris was named by Oriozabala et al. (2020). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 10567, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Bosta, which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine sandstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris Oriozabala et al. |
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†Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris Oriozabala et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Oriozabala et al. 2020 | It belongs to Pleurodira because it has the pelvic girdle sutured to the carapace. It is a long-neck chelid because it has the postzygapophyses of the cervical vertebrae fused in the midline. It belongs to Yaminuechelys based on the large shell with irregular polygons distributed on the dorsal surface, the posterior peripheral bones longer than the anterior ones, and the neural series separated from the suprapygal bone. Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris sp. nov. differs from all other species of Yaminuechelys by the position of the sulcus between vertebral 5 and marginal 12 crossing the suprapygal bone and the location of the sulcus between the vertebral 5 and the marginal 11 crossing costal bone 8 and the suprapygal. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ernst and Barbour 1989 | |||||
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Chelidae indet. 1 (99438) Yaminuechelys sulcipeculiaris (206173 206181) |