| Nigeremys Temporal range:
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| Nigeremys fossil skull | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | † Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | †
Nigeremys Broin, 1977 |
| Species: | †N. gigantea
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| Binomial name | |
| †Nigeremys gigantea Broin, 1977
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Nigeremys (" Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger, Mali and Syria. [1] The genus consists exclusively of the combinatio nova of the type species N. gigantea. [2]
Discovery
Nigeremys was described in 1977. [1]
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Fossilworks: Phosphatochelys fossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05
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| Nigeremys Temporal range:
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|---|---|
|
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| Nigeremys fossil skull | |
|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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Nigeremys (" Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger, Mali and Syria. [1] The genus consists exclusively of the combinatio nova of the type species N. gigantea. [2]
Discovery
Nigeremys was described in 1977. [1]
References
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Fossilworks: Phosphatochelys fossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05
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| This article about a prehistoric turtle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |