Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle with a long and complex history. Like its relatives, Niolamia was a robust and heavily...
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performance of the skull Niolamia argentina of is published by Degrange et al. (2024), who interpret the frill and horns of N. argentina as more likely used...
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Australia. Meiolaniidae includes a total of five different genera, with Niolamia and Gaffneylania native to Eocene Patagonia and the remaining taxa, Ninjemys...
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time the remains of a meiolaniid turtle were discovered in Argentina, named Niolamia argentina by Florentino Ameghino. While these remains were briefly...
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Patagonia (redirect from Patagonia (Argentina and Chile))
discovery of the perfect cranium of a turtle (chelonian) of the genus Niolamia, which is almost identical to Ninjemys oweni of the Pleistocene age in...
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it was more similar to the much older Niolamia from the Eocene of Argentina. While Gaffney considers Niolamia a basal member of Meiolaniidae, Ninjemys...
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Gaffneylania (category Paleogene Argentina)
to the sides in Niolamia and cow-like in Meiolania. The known B horn of Gaffneylania more closely resembles the contemporary Niolamia, but it is slightly...
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names of meiolaniid turtles, also used in Meiolania, Gaffneylania and Niolamia. The meaning of the term is however interpreted differently by various...
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†Meiolania platyceps †Niolamia argentina...
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Chubutemys (category Fossils of Argentina)
genus of meiolaniform turtle. It lived during the Early Cretaceous of Argentina, around the Albian-Aptian border, within the Puesto La Paloma Member of...
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morphology of the brain, inner ear and nasal cavities in the meiolaniids Niolamia argentina, Gaffneylania auricularis and Meiolania platyceps are presented by...
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Casamayoran (category Paleogene Argentina)
this period, such as Antarctodon and Albertogaudrya from Antarctica and Argentina, respectively. Albertogaudrya and Scaglia were the size of a sheep or...
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microanatomy and histology in a new Triassic turtle (Testudinata) from Argentina at the dawn of turtles". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (2): 1097–1132. doi:10...
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Patagoniaemys (category Cretaceous Argentina)
genus of stem turtle which existed in central Patagonia, Chubut Province, Argentina during the late Cretaceous epoch (Campanian to Maastrichtian age). It...
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Maastrichtian, La Colonia Formation, Argentina †Peligrochelys Sterli and de la Fuente 2011 Danian, Salamanca Formation, Argentina †Trapalcochelys Sterli et al...
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Condorchelys (category Jurassic Argentina)
turtle from Early Jurassic (Middle Toarcian) Cañadon Asfalto Formation of Argentina. Condorchelys represents the oldest Jurassic-aged Turtle from South America...
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Sarmiento Formation (category Geologic formations of Argentina)
the Casamayor Formation, is a geological formation in Chubut Province, Argentina, in central Patagonia, which spans around 30 million years from the mid-Eocene...
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absent. Condorchelys Sterli, 2008 Cañadón Asfalto Formation, Toarcian, Argentina Eileanchelys Anquetin et al. 2009 Kilmaluag Formation, Bathonian, Scotland...
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Neusticemys (category Jurassic Argentina)
known from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) aged Vaca Muerta of Patagonia, Argentina Neusticemys was originally described as a new species of Eurysternum,...
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neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988, described from marine deposits in Argentina, is now placed in its own genus Neusticemys. Wikimedia Commons has media...
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