Rhinoclemmys panamaensis[1] is an extinct species of turtle belonging to the genus Rhinoclemmys of the family Geoemydidae known from the early to middle Miocene (Hemingfordian) Cucaracha Formation of the Panama Basin of central Panama.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
| Family: | Geoemydidae |
| Genus: | Rhinoclemmys |
| Species: | R. panamaensis
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| Rhinoclemmys panamaensis Cadena et al. 2012
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Paleoecology
editIn 2010, the holotype specimen was recovered from the Cucaracha Formation located at the western side of the Centenario Bridge in the Panama Canal Zone.[2] The same formation has provided fossils of the crocodylian Centenariosuchus,[3] and the artiodactyl Paratoceras.[4]
References
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edit- Cadena, E.; Bourque, J.R.; Rincón, A.F.; Bloch, J.I.; Jaramillo, C.A.; MacFadden, B.J. (2012), "New turtles (Chelonia) from the late Eocene through Late Miocene of the Panama Canal Basin", Journal of Paleontology, 86 (3): 539–557, Bibcode:2012JPal...86..539C, doi:10.1666/11-106.1, retrieved 2019-02-09
- Hastings, Alexander K.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; Jaramillo, Carlos A.; Rincón, Aldo F.; Macfadden, Bruce J. (2013), "Systematics and biogeography of crocodylians from the Miocene of Panama", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33 (2): 239–263, Bibcode:2013JVPal..33..239H, doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.713814, retrieved 2019-02-09
- MacFadden, Bruce J.; Kirby, Michael X.; Rincon, Aldo; Montes, Camilo; Moron, Sara; Strong, Nikki; Jaramillo, Carlos (2010), "Extinct peccary "Cynorca" occidentale (Tayassuidae, Tayassuinae) from the Miocene of Panama and correlations to North America", Journal of Paleontology, 84 (2): 288–298, Bibcode:2010JPal...84..288M, doi:10.1666/09-064R.1, ISSN 0022-3360, retrieved 2019-02-28
- Rincón, Aldo F.; Bloch, Jonathan I.; MacFadden, Bruce J.; Jaramillo, Carlos A. (2015), "New early Miocene protoceratids (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Panama", Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 35 (5): e970688, Bibcode:2015JVPal..35E0688R, doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.970688, retrieved 2019-02-09