Nigeremys

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Nigeremys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
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Nigeremys fossil skull
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Genus: Nigeremys
Broin, 1977
Species:
N. gigantea
Binomial name
Nigeremys gigantea
Broin, 1977

Nigeremys ("Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger, Mali and Syria. [1] The genus consists exclusively of type species N. gigantea. [2]

Discovery

Nigeremys was described in 1977. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366
  2. Fossilworks: Phosphatochelys fossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05