Motelomama
Motelomama Temporal range: Ypresian ~ | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | †Motelomama Pérez García, 2018 |
Species: | †M. olssoni |
Binomial name | |
†Motelomama olssoni (Schmidt, 1931) | |
Synonyms | |
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Motelomama is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ypresian Salina Group near Negritos, Peru.[1][2] The genus consists solely of type species M. olssoni.
Discovery
[edit]The holotype of Motelomama was discovered 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Negritos, Peru.[1] It consists of a partial shell, originally described as "Podocnemis" olssoni.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=375095
- ^ a b A. Pérez García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology
Further reading
[edit]- E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A revision of the side-necked turtle Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy) from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. American Museum Novitates (2571)1-24