Yaminuechelys

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 then becomes extinct during the Late Paleocene.[2]

Yaminuechelys
Temporal range: Late Santonian-Thanetian (Tiupampan)
~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 De la Fuente et al. 2001
  • Y. maior Staesche 1929

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

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

Further reading
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