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NOTOEMYS
(no-tem-iss)
meaning: "Southern Emys"
Named By: N. Cattoi & M. A. Freiberg in 1961
Time Period: Tithonian of the Jurassic to the early Cretaceous
Location: Argentina - Vaca Muerta Formation. Colombia - Rosablanca Formation. Cuba
Size: Shells about 8 centimetres long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains of several individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Anapsida | Testudines | Pleurodira | Platychelyidae |
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Notoemys is a genus of side necked turtle that lived in South America from the Jurassic to the early Cretaceous.

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