Rhothonemys

Rhonthonemys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in Morocco. [1] The genus consists solely of type species R. brinkmani.

Rhothonemys
Temporal range: Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Diapsida
Family:
Bothremydidae
Genus:
†Rothonemys

Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006
Species:
†R. brinkmani
Binomial name
Rhothonemys brinkmani
Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006

Discovery

Rhonthonemys was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, and is known from exclusively from a partial skull, lacking the palate and basicranium, and a lower jaw.[1][2]

References
  1. E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
  2. Fossilworks: Rhonthonemys


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