Chubutemys

Chubutemys
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, 112 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Perichelydia
Clade: Meiolaniformes
Genus: Chubutemys
Gaffney et al., 2007
Type species
Chubutemys copelloi
Gaffney et al., 2007

Chubutemys was an extinct genus of meiolaniform turtle. It lived during the Early Cretaceous of Argentina, around the Albian-Aptian border, within the Puesto La Paloma Member of the Cerro Barcino Formation. It is known from most of the skeleton and carapace, and part of the skull.