| Ilatardia Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Clade: | †Bothremydodda |
| Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
| Genus: | †Ilatardia Pérez-García, 2019 |
| Species: | †I. cetiotesta
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ilatardia cetiotesta Pérez-García, 2019
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Ilatardia is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Farin Doutchi Formation of Niger. The genus consists solely of type species I. cetiotesta.
Discovery
The holotype of Ilatardia was discovered in the Farin-Doutchi Formation of Niger. It consists entirely of a large, relatively complete skull, around 20 cm in length.
References
- ^ a b A. Pérez-García, 2019 "A new member of Taphrosphyini (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) from the Maastrichtian of Niger." Journal of African Earth Sciences 158:103548:1-8 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
- ^ "Fossilworks: Ilatardia". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
