Lapparentemys
| Lapparentemys | |
|---|---|
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| Fossil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | †Lapparentemys Gaffney et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †L. vilavilensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Lapparentemys vilavilensis (Broin, 1971) | |
Lapparentemys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtles. Fossils of the genus have been found in the Tiupampan Santa Lucía Formation of Bolivia. The type species is L. vilavilensis.[1]
References
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- ↑ Lapparentemys at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
[edit]- Gaffney, Eugene S.; Meylan, Peter A.; Wood, Roger C.; Simons, Elwyn; De Almeida Campos, Diogenes (2011), "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae" (PDF), AMNH Bulletin, 350: 1–237, retrieved 2017-08-15
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