Notoemys oxfordiensis de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Platychelyidae

Alternative combination: Caribemys oxfordiensis

Full reference: M. S. de la Fuente and M. Iturralde-Vinent. 2001. A new pleurodiran turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 75(4):860-869

Belongs to Notoemys according to E. Cadena and W. G. Joyce 2015

See also Cadena et al. 2013, Cadena Rueda and Gaffney 2005, Danilov and Parham 2008, de la Fuente and Iturralde-Vinent 2001, Gaffney et al. 2006, Perea et al. 2014 and Puntener et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Notoemys laticentralis, Notoemys tlaxiacoensis, Notoemys zapatocaensis

Type specimen: MNHNCu-P 3209, a shell

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Vinales Valley (Jurassic of Cuba)

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