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Colossoemys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Sauropsida

Superfamily
  
Alligatoroidea

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Crocodylia

Rank
  
Genus

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Colossoemys is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian. It inhabited South America during the Pleistocene epoch. The genus was originally named on the basis of two large procoelous vertebrae, a pubis, and a plastral fragment (likely to be from a turtle rather than a crocodilian). The paucity of material associated with the genus has led Colossoemys to be considered a possible nomen dubium in the past.

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Colossoemys Wikipedia