Niolamia Temporal range: Eocene (Casamayoran-Divisaderan) ~48.6–37.2 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | †Meiolaniidae |
Genus: |
†Niolamia Ameghino, 1899 |
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Niolamia is an extinct genus of South American meiolaniid turtle.Arthur Smith Woodward sunk it into Meiolania, but this was not accepted by later authors. The genus is known from the Sarmiento Formation in Argentina.