Notoemys Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961

RUEDA, EDWIN ALBERTO CADENA & GAFFNEY, EUGENE S., 2005, Notoemys zapatocaensis, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira: Platychelyidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia, American Museum Novitates 3470 (1), pp. 1-20 : 3

Genus Notoemys Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961

TYPE SPECIES: Notoemys laticentralis Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961 .

INCLUDED SPECIES: laticentralis , oxfordiensis , zapatocaensis .

REVISED DIAGNOSIS: Pleurodiran turtle, having the sutured pelvis and xiphiplastral notch characteristic of pleurodires; carapace shape consisting of a wide, straight anterior shell margin, anterior carapace sides roughly parallel, and posterior sides tapering, similar to that in Platychelys but distinct from Proterochersis , Dortoka , Chelidae , and Pelomedusoides; differs from Proterochersis in having a low shell, no carapacial anal excavation, and fewer than 14 marginal scales; differs from Platychelys in having no supramarginal scales, wide cervical scale, smooth shell with no high protuberances or strong radiating ridges, relatively flat shell, and large suprapygal one; differs from Dortoka in having wide neurals and cordiform rather than oval shell.