Rhinoclemmys panamaensis

Rhinoclemmys panamaensis Temporal range: Early-Mid Miocene (Hemingfordian) 19–16 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. panamaensis
Binomial name
Rhinoclemmys panamaensis et al. 2012

Rhinoclemmys panamaensis^[1] is an extinct species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae known from the early to middle Miocene (Hemingfordian) Cucaracha Formation of the of central Panama.

Paleoecology[]

In 2010, the holotype specimen was recovered from the Cucaracha Formation located at the western side of the Centenario Bridge in the Panama Canal Zone.^[2] The same formation has provided fossils of the crocodylian Centenariosuchus,^[3] and the artiodactyl Paratoceras.^[4]

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• , E.; J.R. Bourque; A.F. Rincón; J.I. Bloch; C.A. , and B.J. MacFadden. 2012. New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin. Journal of Paleontology 86. 539–557. Accessed 2019-02-09.
• Hastings, Alexander K.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Carlos A. ; Aldo F. Rincón, and Bruce J. Macfadden. 2013. Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33. 239–263. Accessed 2019-02-09.
• MacFadden, Bruce J.; Michael X. Kirby; Aldo Rincon; Camilo Montes; Sara Moron; Nikki Strong, and Carlos . 2010. Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America. Journal of Paleontology 84. 288–298. Accessed 2019-02-28.
• Rincón, Aldo F.; Jonathan I. Bloch; Bruce J. MacFadden, and Carlos A. . 2015. New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35. e970688. Accessed 2019-02-09.