Reptilia - Testudines - Kinosternoidea
Full reference: D. Brinkman, M. C. Aguillon-Martinez, J. H. Hutchison and C. M. Brown. 2016. Yelmochelys rosarioae gen. et sp. nov., a stem kinosternid (Testudines; Kinosternidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Coahuila, Mexico. PaleoBios 33:1-20
Belongs to Yelmochelys according to D. Brinkman et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: CPC 278, a partial skeleton (partial plastron). Its type locality is Turtle Heaven Locality, Ejido of La Parrita, which is in a Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro del Pueblo Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: aquatic durophage-piscivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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