Gestemys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | Podocnemididae |
Genus: | † Gestemys |
Species: | †G. powelli |
Binomial name | |
†Gestemys powelli De la Fuente et. al., 2022 | |
Gestemys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid that lived during the Eocene epoch.[ citation needed ]
Gestemys powelli fossils are known from the Geste Formation of Argentina. [1]