Iberoccitanemys (meaning "Iberoccitanian turtle") is an extinct genus of turtle from the Bothremydidae that is known from the Marnes d'Auzas Formation in France, and also the Sobrepena Formation and Villalba de la Sierra Formation in Spain.
Discovery and naming
Two species are known: I. convenarum (the type) and I. atlanticum, which were both referred to other generade Lapparent de Broin, F. & Murelaga, X. (1996). Une nouvelle faune de chéloniens dans le crétacé supérieur européen. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences 323: 729-735 before being moved to Iberoccitanemys; the genus was named by Perez-Garcia, Ortega & Murelaga (2012).
The type species, I. convenarum, was initially placed within Elochelys as E. convenarum by Laurent, Tong & Claude (2002).Y. Laurent, H. Tong, and J. Claude. (2002). New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyrenees (Haute-Garonne, France). Cretaceous Research 23:465-471 It was moved to Iberoccitanemys when the genus was named in 2012 and is based on the holotype, MDEt Cas2-259, a nearly complete shell from the Marnes d'Auzas Formation in France.
The second species, I. atlanticum, was initially placed within Polysternon as P. atlanticum by de Lapparent de Broin & Murelaga (1996). P. atlanticum was redescribed as a species of Iberoccitanemys by Perez-Garcia, Ortega & Murelaga (2021). The holotype is MCNA 6316, from the Sobrepena Formation in Spain.
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