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Yelmochelys rosarioae
Taxonomy
Yelmochelys rosarioae was named by Brinkman et al. (2016). Its type specimen is CPC 278, a partial skeleton (partial plastron), and it is a 3D body fossil. 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. It is the type species of Yelmochelys.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2016 | Yelmochelys rosarioae Brinkman et al. p. 3 figs. 2-9 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Yelmochelys rosarioae Brinkman et al. 2016
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: superf = superfamily, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Coahuila) | Hoplochelys sp. (24257) Yelmochelys rosarioae (35360 179649 179650 type locality: 179651) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mexico (Chihuahua) | Yelmochelys rosarioae (210630) |