†Motelomama Pérez-García 2018 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology
Parent taxon: Taphrosphyina according to A. Pérez-García 2018
Sister taxa: Acleistochelys, Eotaphrosphys
Subtaxa: Motelomama olssoni
Type: Podocnemis olssoni
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Mogollon, about 20 miles NE of Negritos (Eocene of Peru)
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