Euclastes meridionalis de la Fuente and Casadio 2000 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae

Alternative combination: Pampaemys meriodionalis

Full reference: M. de la Fuente and S. Casadio. 2000. Un nuevo osteopigino (Chelonii: Cryptodira) de la FormaciĆ³n Roca (Paleoceno inferior) de Cerros Bayos, provincia de La Pampa, Argentina. Ameghiniana 37(2):235-246

Belongs to Euclastes according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Euclastes acutirostris, Euclastes coahuilaensis, Euclastes melii, Euclastes platyops, Euclastes wielandi

Type specimen: GHUNLPam 19137, a partial skull (Posteromedial skull fragment). Its type locality is Cerros Bayos, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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