Notoemys

Name: Notoemys ‭(‬Southern Emys‭)‬.
Phonetic: No-tem-iss.
Named By: N.‭ ‬Cattoi‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freiberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1961.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Anapsida,‭ ‬Testudines,‭ ‬Pleurodira,‭ ‬Platychelyidae.
Species: N.‭ ‬laticentralis‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬oxfordiensis,‭ ‬N.‭ ‬zapatocaensis.
Diet: Carnivore‭?
Size: Shells about‭ ‬8‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Vaca Muerta Formation.‭ ‬Colombia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Rosablanca Formation.‭ ‬Cuba
Time period: Tithonian of the Jurassic to the early Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals.

       Notoemys is a genus of side‭ ‬necked turtle that lived in South America from the Jurassic to‭ ‬the early Cretaceous.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Nuevo hallazgo de Chelonia extinguidos en la Republica Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Physis‭ ‬22.‭ ‬-‭ ‬N.‭ ‬Cattoi‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Freiberg‭ ‬-‭ ‬1961.
-‭ ‬Notoemys zapatocaensis,‭ ‬a new side-necked turtle‭ (‬Pleurodira,‭ ‬Platychelyidae‭) ‬from the early Cretaceous of Colombia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Museum novitates‭ ; ‬no.‭ ‬3470.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Cadena Rueda,‭ ‬Edwin Alberto‭ ‬-‭ ‬Eugene S.‭ ‬Gaffney‭ ‬-‭ ‬2005.

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