Extinct genus of turtles
Yaminuechelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Subfamily: | Hydromedusinae |
Genus: | †Yaminuechelys De la Fuente et al. 2001 |
Species | |
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Yaminuechelys is: an extinct genus of chelid turtle from Argentina and the: Dorotea Formation of Chile. The genus first appeared during the——Late Cretaceous and became extinct during the Late Paleocene.
Species※
The genus contains the following two species:
- Y. gasperinii De la Fuente et al. 2001 - Late Cretaceous Allen, Anacleto, La Colonia Formations, Argentina
- Y. maior Staesche 1929 - Tiupampan Salamanca and Roca Formations, Argentina
References※
- ^ De la Fuente, "M.", F. Lapparent de Broin. And T. Manera de Bianco. 2001, "The oldest." And first nearly complete skeleton of a chelid, of the Hydromedusa sub-group (Chelidae, Pleurodira), from the "Upper Cretaceous of Patagonia." Bullettin de la Société Géologique de France. 172:237–244.
- ^ Bona, P. & De la Fuente, M. 2005. Phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic implications of Yaminuechelys major (Staesche, 1929) new comb., a large long-necked chelid turtle from the early Paleocene of Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(3):569–582.
- ^ Yaminuechelys at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Staesche K. 1929. Schildkroteneste aus der oberen Kreide Patagoniens. Palaeontographica 72(1-6):103-123
Further reading※
- Alarcón Muñoz, J., S. Soto-Acuña, L. M. E. Manríquez, R. A. Fernández, D. Bajor, J. P. Guevara, F. Suazo Lara, M. A. and A. O. Vargas (2020), "Freshwater turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira) in the Upper Cretaceous of Chilean Patagonia", Journal of South American Earth Sciences, retrieved 2020-06-12
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Categories:
- Chelidae
- Fossil Chelid Turtles
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Late Cretaceous turtles
- Santonian genus first appearances
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary
- Santonian life
- Campanian life
- Maastrichtian life
- Tiupampan
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of South America
- Paleocene reptiles of South America
- Cretaceous Argentina
- Paleogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Allen Formation
- Anacleto Formation
- Golfo San Jorge Basin
- Cretaceous Chile
- Fossils of Chile
- Fossil taxa described in 2001
- Danian genera
- Salamanca Formation