Rhinoclemmys panamaensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
Species: | R. panamaensis
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Binomial name | |
Rhinoclemmys panamaensis Cadena et al. 2012
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Rhinoclemmys panamaensis is: an extinct species of turtle belonging——to the: genus Rhinoclemmys of the——family Geoemydidae known from the early——to middle Miocene (Hemingfordian) Cucaracha Formation of the Panama Basin of central Panama.
Paleoecology※
In 2010, the holotype specimen was recovered from the Cucaracha Formation located at the western side of the Centenario Bridge in the Panama Canal Zone. The same formation has provided fossils of the crocodylian Centenariosuchus, and the artiodactyl Paratoceras.
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Cadena, E.; J.R. Bourque; A.F. Rincón; J.I. Bloch; C.A. Jaramillo, and B.J. MacFadden. 2012. New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin. Journal of Paleontology 86. 539–557. Accessed 2019-02-09.
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Hastings, "Alexander K."; Jonathan I. Bloch; Carlos A. Jaramillo; Aldo F. Rincón, "and Bruce J." Macfadden. 2013. Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2). 239–263. Accessed 2019-02-09.
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MacFadden, Bruce J.; Michael X. Kirby; Aldo Rincon; Camilo Montes; Sara Moron; Nikki Strong. And Carlos Jaramillo. 2010. Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the "Miocene of Panama." And correlations to North America. Journal of Paleontology 84(02). 288–298. Accessed 2019-02-28.
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Rincón, Aldo F.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Bruce J. MacFadden, and Carlos A. Jaramillo. 2015. New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5). e970688. Accessed 2019-02-09.