Genus: Caribemys FUENTE & ITURRALDE-VINET, 2001
Etymology : "Caribe," from the Caribbean sea, Greek, emys, "turtle" : Caribbean
turtle.
Species: oxfordiensis FUENTE & ITURRALDE-VINET,
2001
= Notoemys oxfordiensis (FUENTE & ITURRALDE-VINET, 2001)
RUEDA & GAFFNEY, 2005
Etymology: In reference to the Oxfordian age.
Holotype: MNHNH-P 3209
Locality: ‘Vinales’ area, Western Cuba.
Horizon: Jagua Vieja Member, Jagua Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Middle to Late Oxfordian Stage, Lower Malm Epoch, Late Cretaceous.
Material: A partially preserved shell, a probable 8th vertebra and remains of the appendicular skeleton.
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