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Extinct species of turtle
Rhinoclemmys panamaensis
[1] is an extinct species of turtle belonging to the genus
Rhinoclemmys of the family
Geoemydidae known from the early to middle
Miocene (
Hemingfordian)
Cucaracha Formation of the
Panama Basin of central Panama.
Paleoecology
In 2010, the
holotype specimen was recovered from the
Cucaracha Formation located at the western side of the Centenario Bridge in the
Panama Canal Zone.
[2] The same formation has provided fossils of the
crocodylian
Centenariosuchus,
[3] and the artiodactyl
Paratoceras.
[4]
References
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^ Cadena et al., 2012
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^ MacFadden et al., 2010
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^ Hastings et al., 2013
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^ Rincón et al., 2015
Bibliography
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Cadena, E.; J.R. Bourque; A.F. Rincón; J.I. Bloch; C.A.
Jaramillo, and B.J.
MacFadden. 2012.
New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin.
Journal of Paleontology 86. 539–557. Accessed 2019-02-09.
- Hastings, Alexander K.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Carlos A.
Jaramillo; Aldo F. Rincón, and Bruce J. Macfadden. 2013.
Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(2). 239–263. Accessed 2019-02-09.
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MacFadden, Bruce J.; Michael X. Kirby; Aldo Rincon; Camilo Montes; Sara Moron; Nikki Strong, and Carlos
Jaramillo. 2010.
Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America.
Journal of Paleontology 84(02). 288–298. Accessed 2019-02-28.
- Rincón, Aldo F.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Bruce J.
MacFadden, and Carlos A.
Jaramillo. 2015.
New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama.
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(5). e970688. Accessed 2019-02-09.