- Niolamia
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Niolamia
Temporal range: ?Cretaceous or EoceneScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Order: Testudines Suborder: Cryptodira Family: †Meiolaniidae Genus: †Niolamia
Ameghino, 1899species - †N. argentina
Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle.
Sources
- Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins: Survivors in Armor by Ronald Orenstein (Pg. 43)
- Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
Categories:- Extinct turtles
- Turtles
- Eocene reptiles
- Meiolaniidae
- Prehistoric turtle stubs
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