Prochelidella buitreraensis Maniel et al. 2020 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Chelidae

The species epithet buitreraensis refers to La Buitrera locality, near Cerro Polica town, in Ro Negro Province, Argentina.

Full reference: I. J. Maniel, M. S. de la Fuente, S. Apesteguia, J. Perez Mayoral, M. L. Sanchez, G. D. Vega, and I. Smales. 2020. Cranial and postcranial remains of a new species of Prochelidella (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from ‘La Buitrera’ (Cenomanian of Patagonia, Argentina), with comments on the monophyly of this extinct chelid genus from southern Gondwana. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-23

Belongs to Prochelidella according to I. J. Maniel et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Prochelidella argentinae, Prochelidella cerrobarcinae, Prochelidella palomoi, Prochelidella portezuelae

Type specimen: MPCA PV 307, a partial skeleton (a skull, two cervical verte- brae, a partial left humerus, a partial left ulna, a partial left radius, a right pelvic girdle, a nuchal, a right first costal, a). Its type locality is La Buitrera (upper), which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian fluvial sandstone in the Huincul Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious piscivore

Distribution: found only at La Buitrera (upper)

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