Yaminuechelys

Short description: Extinct genus of turtles

Yaminuechelys

Temporal range: Late Santonian-Thanetian (Tiupampan)
~84.9–58.7 Ma

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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

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.[2]

## Species

The genus contains the following two species:

* Y. gasperinii De la Fuente et al. 2001[1] \- Late Cretaceous Allen, Anacleto, La Colonia Formations, Argentina[3]
* Y. maior Staesche 1929[3][4] \- Tiupampan Salamanca and Roca Formations, Argentina

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Yaminuechelys at Fossilworks.org
4. ↑ Staesche K. 1929. Schildkroteneste aus der oberen Kreide Patagoniens. Palaeontographica 72(1-6):103-123

## Further reading

* Alarcón Muñoz, J., S. Soto-Acuña, L. M. E. Manríquez, R. A. Fernández, D. Bajor, J. P. Guevara, F. Suazo Lara, M. A. and A. O. Vargas. 2020. Freshwater turtles (Testudines: Pleurodira) in the Upper Cretaceous of Chilean Patagonia. Journal of South American Earth Sciences . . Accessed 2020-06-12.

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