Niolamia argentina is an extinct species of crypto-tortoises ( Cryptodira ) that existed in the Eocene in South America (from 48.6 to 37.2 million years ago) [1] . The only species of monotypic genus. Arthur Smith Woodward included him in the genus Meiolania , but later researchers did not support this classification [2] . Large terrestrial herbivorous turtles.
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 Skull Niolamia argentina | ||||||||||||||||
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| Niolamia argentina Simpson , 1938 |
Reconstruction of Heinrich Harder
See also
- List of extinct turtles
Notes
- ↑ † Niolamia argentina (English) information on the Fossilworks website. (Retrieved April 2, 2017) .
- ↑ Anderson, C. Notes on the extinct Chelonian Meiolania, with a record of a new occurrence (English) // Records of the Australian Museum: journal. - 1925. - Vol. 14 , no. 4 . - P. 223-242 . - DOI : 10.3853 / j.0067-1975.14.1925.844 .