Tacuarembemys
Name:
Tacuarembemys.
Phonetic: Tak-u-ah-rem-bem-iss.
Named By: D. Perea, M. Soto, J. Sterli,
V. Mesa, P. Torino, G. Roland & J. Da Silva -
2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines.
Species: T. kusterae (type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Shell Carapace estimated to be about 18
centimetres long.
Known locations: Uruguay - Tacuaremb� Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial skeleton.
Tacuarembemys is a genus of turtle that lived in South America during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- Tacuarembemys kusterae, gen. et sp.
nov., a new Late
Jurassic-?earliest Cretaceous continental turtle from western
Gondwana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(6):1329-1341.
- D. Perea, M. Soto, J. Sterli, V. Mesa, P.
Torino, G. Roland & J. Da Silva - 2014.
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