Motelomama
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| Motelomama Temporal range: Ypresian ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
| Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
| Genus: | †Motelomama Pérez García, 2018 |
| Species: | †M. olssoni |
| Binomial name | |
| †Motelomama olssoni (Schmidt, 1931) | |
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Motelomama is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Ypresian Salina Group near Negritos, Peru.[1][2] The genus consists solely of type species M. olssoni.
