''Phrynops paranaensis'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
species of
turtle from the
Huayquerian Ituzaingó Formation of the
Paraná Basin, Argentina,
likely to be
late Miocene
The Late Miocene (also known as Upper Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene epoch (geology), Epoch made up of two faunal stage, stages. The Tortonian and Messinian stages comprise the Late Miocene sub-epoch, which lasted from 11.63 Ma (million ye ...
in origin.
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q72310182
Chelidae
Extinct turtles
Prehistoric turtles of South America
Fossil taxa described in 1923