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
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Testudinoidea
Family:	Geoemydidae
Genus:	Rhinoclemmys
Species:	R. panamaensis
Binomial name
	Rhinoclemmys panamaensis; Cadena 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 Panama Basin 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]

Cadena, E.; Bourque, J.R.; Rincón, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Jaramillo, C.A.; MacFadden, B.J. (2012), "New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin", Journal of Paleontology, 86: 539–557, retrieved 2019-02-09
Hastings, Alexander K.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Jaramillo, Carlos A.; Rincón, Aldo F.; Macfadden, Bruce J. (2013), "Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33 (2): 239–263, retrieved 2019-02-09
MacFadden, Bruce J.; Kirby, Michael X.; Rincon, Aldo; Montes, Camilo; Moron, Sara; Strong, Nikki; Jaramillo, Carlos (2010), "Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America", Journal of Paleontology, 84 (02): 288–298, ISSN 0022-3360, retrieved 2019-02-28
Rincón, Aldo F.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; MacFadden, Bruce J.; Jaramillo, Carlos A. (2015), "New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (5): e970688, retrieved 2019-02-09