Fieldwork conducted in 2008 to the Puesto La Paloma Member of the Cerro Barcino Formation leaded by Dr. de la Fuente resulted in the discovery of more cranial and postcranial remains of C. copelloi in “Turtle Town” locality. Sterli et al. (2015) present new material (left maxilla and left jugal) that fit in the holotype skull of Chubutemys copelloi MPEF-PV1236.
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, T. H. Rich, P. Vickers-Rich, A. Constantine, R. Vacca and L. Kool. 2007. Chubutemys, a New Eucryptodiran Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Argentina, and the Relationships of the Meiolaniidae. American Museum Novitates 3599:1-35
Belongs to Chubutemys according to J. Sterli 2015
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2007 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MPEF-PV1236, a skull. Its type locality is Turtle Town, Cerro Barcino, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Turtle Town, Cerro Barcino
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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