Iberoccitanemys

{{Short description|Genus of extinct turtles}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Late Cretaceous, {{fossilrange|Campanian|Maastrichtian}} | image = Iberoccitanemys convenarum.png | image_caption = Complete shell (HUE-4913) of ''I. convenarum'' from the Villalba de la Sierra Formation | taxon= Iberoccitanemys | authority = Perez-Garcia, Ortega, & Murelaga, 2012 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{species list|{{extinct}}Iberoccitanemys convenarum|Perez-Garcia, Ortega, & Murelaga, 2012|{{extinct}}Iberoccitanemys atlanticum|Perez-Garcia, Ortega, & Murelaga, 2021}} }} '''''Iberoccitanemys''''' (meaning "Iberoccitanian turtle") is an extinct genus of turtle from the Bothremydidae<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Pérez-García |first1=Adán |last2=Ortega |first2=Francisco |last3=Murelaga |first3=Xabier |date=2012 |title=A new genus of Bothremydidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the Cretaceous of Southwestern Europe |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.001 |journal=Geobios |volume=45 |issue=2 |pages=219–229 |doi=10.1016/j.geobios.2011.03.001 |bibcode=2012Geobi..45..219P |issn=0016-6995|url-access=subscription }}</ref> that is known from the Marnes d'Auzas Formation in France, and also the Sobrepena Formation and Villalba de la Sierra Formation in Spain.

== Discovery and naming ==

thumb|left|alt=|Fossil during preparation Two species are known: ''I. convenarum'' (the type) and ''I. atlanticum'', which were both referred to other genera<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">de Lapparent de Broin, F. & Murelaga, X. (1996). Une nouvelle faune de chéloniens dans le crétacé supérieur européen. ''Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences'' 323: 729-735</ref> before being moved to ''Iberoccitanemys''; the genus was named by Perez-Garcia, Ortega & Murelaga (2012).<ref name=":0" />

The type species, ''I. convenarum'', was initially placed within ''Elochelys'' as ''E. convenarum'' by Laurent, Tong & Claude (2002).<ref name=":1">Y. Laurent, H. Tong, and J. Claude. (2002). New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyrenees (Haute-Garonne, France). ''Cretaceous Research'' '''23''':465-471</ref> It was moved to ''Iberoccitanemys'' when the genus was named in 2012<ref name=":0" /> and is based on the holotype, MDEt Cas2-259, a nearly complete shell from the Marnes d'Auzas Formation in France.

The second species, ''I. atlanticum'', was initially placed within ''Polysternon'' as ''P. atlanticum'' by de Lapparent de Broin & Murelaga (1996).<ref name=":2" /> ''P. atlanticum'' was redescribed as a species of ''Iberoccitanemys'' by Perez-Garcia, Ortega & Murelaga (2021).<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=PÉREZ-GARCÍA |first1=Adán |last2=ORTEGA |first2=Francisco |last3=MURELAGA |first3=Xabier |date=2021 |title=Iberoccitanemys atlanticum (Lapparent de Broin & Murelaga, 1996) n. comb.: new data on the diversity and paleobiogeographic distributions of the Campanian-Maastrichtian bothremydid turtles of Europe.|journal=Comptes Rendus Palevol |issue=32 |doi=10.5852/cr-palevol2021v20a32 |issn=1777-571X|doi-access=free }}</ref> The holotype is MCNA 6316, from the Sobrepena Formation in Spain.

== References ==

Category:Prehistoric turtle genera Category:Bothremydidae Category:Fossil taxa described in 2012 Category:Late Cretaceous turtles Category:Late Cretaceous reptiles of Europe