Yaminuechelys

Yaminuechelys
Temporal range: Late Santonian-Thanetian
~84.9–58.7 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Pleurodira
Family:Chelidae
Subfamily:Hydromedusinae
Genus:†Yaminuechelys
De la Fuente, et al., 2001[1]
Species
  • Y. gasperinii
  • Y. maior

Yaminuechelys is an extinct genus of chelid turtle from Argentina. The genus first appeared during the Late Cretaceous, and then becomes extinct during the Late Paleocene.[2]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. 1 2 Yaminuechelys at Fossilworks.org
  4. ↑ Staesche K. 1929. Schildkroteneste aus der oberen Kreide Patagoniens. Palaeontographica 72(1-6):103-123
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