Echmatemys
Appearance
Echmatemys Temporal range:Eocene,
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Shell ofEchmatemys stevensoniana(AMNH 6084) in theAmerican Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | †Echmatemys Hay, 1906 |
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Echmatemysis an extinctgenusofgeoemydidturtle from theEoceneofNorth America.It is the oldest North American geoemydids, and is one of the most common early Eocene turtles.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^Lourenço, J. O. M.; Claude, J.; Galtier, N.; Chiari, Y. (2012). "Dating cryptodiran nodes: Origin and diversification of the turtle superfamily Testudinoidea".Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.62(1): 496–507.doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.022.PMID22100825.
- ^Parmley, D.; Howard Hutchison, J.; Parham, J. F. (2006). "Diverse Turtle Fauna from the Late Eocene of Georgia Including the Oldest Records of Aquatic Testudinoids in Southeastern North America".Journal of Herpetology.40(3): 343.doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[343:DTFFTL]2.0.CO;2.S2CID86364121.