Rhothonemys
Genus of reptiles
Rhothonemys Temporal range: Paleogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | †Rhothonemys Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 |
Species: | †R. brinkmani |
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†Rhothonemys brinkmani Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 |
Rhothonemys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Paleogene of Morocco.[1] The genus consists solely of type species R. brinkmani.
Rhothonemys was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, in deposits dated to the Paleogene. It is known from a partial skull, lacking the palate and basicranium, and a lower jaw, stored in the American Museum of Natural History.[1][2] The genus name is derived from the Greek word ῥώθων (rhothon) "nose" and alludes to the huge nasal opening. The species name R. brinkmani honors the paleontologist Donald Brinkman.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Hai-yan; Meylan, Peter Andre (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–698. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5824. S2CID 85790134.
- ^ Fossilworks: Rhothonemys
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Reptilia
- Clade: Diapsida
- Order: Testudines
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Chelonioidea (Sea turtles) |
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Kinosternoidea |
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Testudinoidea |
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- Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
- See also List of Testudines families
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