Yaminuechelys Explained

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 became extinct during the Late Paleocene.^[1]

Species

The genus contains the following two species:

• Y. gasperinii - Late Cretaceous Allen, Anacleto, La Colonia Formations, Argentina^[2]
• Y. maior - Tiupampan Salamanca and Roca Formations, Argentina

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=56735 Yaminuechelys