Notoemys, Cattoi and Freiburg, 1961

Notoemys

Notoemys laticentralis has been described by Cattoi and Freiburg (1961), Fuente and Fernandez (1989), and Fernandez and Fuente (1994). Rueda and Gaffney (2005) have described another species, N. zapatocaensis , and have argued that ‘‘ Caribemys ’’ oxfordiensis belongs in Notoemys , a conclusion we accept. Notoemys laticentralis is known from the shell, some vertebrae, some appendicular elements, and a partial skull. Although we have been unable to examine the partial skull, we suspect that the bone anterolateral to the basisphenoid in Fernandez and Fuente (1994: fig. 2B) is the pterygoid rather than the quadrate, as in chelids and pelomedusids. Although a partial skull is known for Notoemys , we have been able to code only a few characters for it, and, at least for the present, recognize Notoemys as another shell-only taxon.