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 Agnolin et al. 2026, 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 aeschyli Patagoniaemys gasparinae
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (20 collections)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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