Patagoniaemys gasparinae Sterli and de la Fuente 2011 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: J. Sterli and M. S. de la Fuente. 2011. A new turtle from the La Colonia Formation (Campanian-Maastrichtian), Patagonia, Argentina, with remarks on the evolution of the vertebral column in turtles. Palaeontology 54(1):63-78

Belongs to Patagoniaemys according to Z. Gasparini et al. 2015

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Sterli 2015 and Sterli and de la Fuente 2011

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MPEF-PV 3283, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Buitre Chico Hill, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay siltstone in the La Colonia Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (14 collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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