Galianemys | |
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Skull | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Subfamily: | †Bothremydinae |
Tribe: | †Cearachelyini |
Genus: | †Galianemys Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2002[1] |
Species | |
Galianemys is an extinct genus of turtle in the family Bothremydidae, discovered in the Kem Kem Beds.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Karl, Hans-Volker (2010), "Turtle shell remains (Testudines: Bothremydidae) from the Cenomian of Morocco" (PDF), Stud. Geol. Salmant., 46 (1): 47–54, retrieved 2019-02-17
Further reading
[edit]- Gaffney E. S., Tong H., et al (2002) Galianemys, a new side-necked turtle (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Morocco, American Museum Novitates 3379, 1-20
- Gaffney E. S., Tong H., et al (2006) Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300, 1-318