Phrynops paranaensis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Chelidae |
Genus: | Phrynops |
Species: | P. paranaensis
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Binomial name | |
Phrynops paranaensis | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Parahydraspis paranaensis Wieland 1923 [2] |
Phrynops paranaensis is an extinct species of turtle in the family Chelidae. This fossil species is from the Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation of the Paraná Basin, Argentina, [3] likely to be late Miocene in origin. [1]