Patagoniaemys
| Patagoniaemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, ~
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| Artistic illustration of Patagoniaemys with a Carnotaurus in the background | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Meiolaniformes |
| Genus: | †Patagoniaemys Sterli & de la Fuente, 2011 |
| Type species | |
| †Patagoniaemys gasparinae Sterli & De la Fuente, 2011
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Patagoniaemys is an extinct genus of stem turtle that lived in central Patagonia, Chubut Province, Argentina during the late Cretaceous epoch (Campanian to Maastrichtian age). The genus is monotypic with the type species being Patagoniaemys gasparinae. It was a relatively large genus with an oval shaped carapace a large nuchal notch and many pits and grooves. It would have been a terrestrial or an amphibious species.