Colossoemys
| Colossoemys Temporal range: Pleistocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Crocodylia |
| Superfamily: | Alligatoroidea |
| Genus: | Colossoemys Rodrigues, 1892 |
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Colossoemys is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian. It inhabited South America during the Pleistocene epoch. The genus was originally named on the basis of two large procoelous vertebrae, a pubis, and a plastral fragment (likely to be from a turtle rather than a crocodilian[1]). The paucity of material associated with the genus has led Colossoemys to be considered a possible nomen dubium in the past.
References
- ↑ Williams, E. E. (1952).A new fossil tortoise from Mona Island, West Indies, and a tentative arrangement of the tortoises of the world. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 99: 541-560.
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