Motelomama Temporal range:
Ypresian
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | † Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | † Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | † Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | †
Motelomama Pérez García, 2018 |
Species: | †M. olssoni
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Binomial name | |
†Motelomama olssoni (Schmidt, 1931)
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Motelomama is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ypresian Salina Group near Negritos, Peru. [1] [2] The genus consists solely of type species M. olssoni.
The holotype of Motelomama was discovered 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Negritos, Peru. [1] It consists of a partial shell, originally described as "Podocnemis" olssoni. [2]