Lapparentemys Temporal range: Danian (Tiupampan) ~66–62 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | †Lapparentemys Gaffney et al., 2011 |
Species: | †L. vilavilensis |
Binomial name | |
†Lapparentemys vilavilensis (Broin, 1971) |
Lapparentemys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtles. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Tiupampan Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. The type species is L. vilavilensis.
References
- Lapparentemys at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- Gaffney, Eugene S.; Meylan, Peter A.; Wood, Roger C.; Simons, Elwyn; De Almeida Campos, Diogenes (2011), "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae" (PDF), AMNH Bulletin, 350: 1–237, retrieved 2017-08-15
Taxon identifiers | |
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Lapparentemys |
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