Patagoniaemys 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

Parent taxon: Meiolaniformes according to J. Sterli 2015

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

Sister taxa: Chubutemys, Meiolaniidae, Otwayemys, Peligrochelys, Trapalcochelys

Subtaxa: Patagoniaemys gasparinae

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (16 collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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