Ilatardia
Appearance
Ilatardia Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Clade: | †Bothremydodda |
Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
Genus: | †Ilatardia Pérez-García, 2019 |
Species: | †I. cetiotesta
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Binomial name | |
†Ilatardia cetiotesta Pérez-García, 2019
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Ilatardia is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Farin Doutchi Formation of Niger.[1] The genus consists solely of type species I. cetiotesta.[2]
Discovery
[edit]The holotype of Ilatardia was discovered in the Farin-Doutchi Formation of Niger. It consists entirely of a large, relatively complete skull, around 20 cm in length.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b A. Pérez-García, 2019 "A new member of Taphrosphyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Maastrichtian of Niger." Journal of African Earth Sciences 158:103548:1-8 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ilatardia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.