Galianemys

Galianemys
Skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: †Bothremydidae
Subfamily: †Bothremydinae
Tribe: †Cearachelyini
Genus: †
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

  1. ^ 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

  • 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


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