Tacuarembemys kusterae Perea et al. 2014 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: D. Perea, M. Soto, J. Sterli, V. Mesa, P. Torino, G. Roland, and J. Da Silva. 2014. Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp. nov., a new Late Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1329-1341

Belongs to Tacuarembemys according to D. Perea et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGT-1185, a partial skeleton (an external partial mold of carapace that preserves the morphology of some scales: vertebrals 1–3 and the anterior part of vertebral 4; marginals 1–3; one pair ). Its type locality is Lane to Rincon de Giloca, which is in a Kimmeridgian/Tithonian terrestrial sandstone in the Tacuarembó Formation of Uruguay.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Lane to Rincon de Giloca

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