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Echmatemys

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Echmatemys
Temporal range:Eocene,55Ma
Shell ofEchmatemys stevensoniana(AMNH 6084) in theAmerican Museum of Natural History
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Echmatemys
Hay, 1906
Species
  • E. septaria(Cope, 1873)
  • E. stevensoniana
  • E. wyomingensis

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

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  1. ^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.
  2. ^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.