Nigeremys

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]

Nigeremys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Diapsida
Family:
Bothremydidae
Genus:
†Nigeremys

Broin, 1977
Species:
†N. gigantea
Binomial name
Nigeremys gigantea
Broin, 1977

Discovery

Nigeremys was described in 1977.[1]

References
  1. 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


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