Notoemys zapatocaensis, a New Side-Necked Turtle (Pleurodira: Platychelyidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Colombia Author RUEDA, EDWIN ALBERTO CADENA Author GAFFNEY, EUGENE S. text American Museum Novitates 2005 2005-03-24 3470 1 1 20 http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-abstract&doi=10.1206%2F0003-0082(2005)470%3C0001%3ANZANST%3E2.0.CO%3B2 journal article 10.1206/0003-0082(2005)470<0001:NZANST>2.0.CO;2 0003-0082 5382922 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.