Motelomama

{{Short description|Extinct genus of turtles}} {{Speciesbox | fossil_range = Ypresian<br />~{{Fossil range|55|49}} | display_parents = 3 | genus = Motelomama | parent_authority = Pérez García, 2018 | species = olssoni | authority = (Schmidt, 1931) | synonyms = * "''Podocnemis''" ''olssoni'' {{small|Schmidt 1931}} }}

'''''Motelomama''''' is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ypresian Salina Group near Negritos, Peru.<ref name="fossilworks">[http://Fossilworks:%20Motelomama https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=375095]</ref><ref name="perezgarcia2018">A. Pérez García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology</ref> The genus consists solely of type species '''''M. olssoni'''''.

== Discovery == The holotype of ''Motelomama'' was discovered {{convert|20|mi|km}} northeast of Negritos, Peru.<ref name="fossilworks"/> It consists of a partial shell, originally described as "Podocnemis" ''olssoni''.<ref name="perezgarcia2018"/>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A revision of the side-necked turtle Taphrosphys sulcatus (Leidy) from the Cretaceous of New Jersey. ''American Museum Novitates'' (2571)1-24

Category:Bothremydidae Category:Prehistoric turtle genera Category:Eocene turtles Category:Ypresian life Category:Paleogene Peru Category:Fossils of Peru Category:Fossil taxa described in 1931 Category:Fossil taxa described in 2018