Named By: | J. I. Bloch & C. A. Jaramillo in 2010 |
Time Period: | Mid-Late Paleocene (Peligran-Itaboraian)~60-58 Ma |
Location: | Colombia - Cerrejon Formation |
Size: | Roughly estimated to be up to 1 meter long |
Diet: | Uncertain |
Fossil(s): | Partial remains, particularly of the shell |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Pleurodira | Podocnemididae | |
Cerrejonemys wayuunaiki is an extinct podocnemid turtle which existed in Colombia during the Paleogene period; the Middle to Late Paleocene epoch.