Reptilia - Testudines - Platychelyidae
Full reference: E. A. Cadena Rueda and E. S. Gaffney. 2005. Notoemys zapatocaensis, a new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Platychelyidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia. American Museum Novitates 3470:1-19
Belongs to Notoemys according to E. Cadena and W. G. Joyce 2015
See also Cadena et al. 2013, Cadena Rueda and Gaffney 2005, de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Notoemys laticentralis, Notoemys oxfordiensis, Notoemys tlaxiacoensis
Type specimen: IPN 15-EAC 140120031, a partial shell (A carapace and posterior part of plastron). Its type locality is El Caucho farm, which is in a Valanginian marginal marine limestone in the Rosablanca Formation of Colombia.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at El Caucho farm
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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