Biology:Latentemys

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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles

Latentemys
Temporal range: 16.9–16 Ma
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: Latentemys
Gaffney et al. 2011
Type species
Latentemys plowdeni
Gaffney et al. 2011

Latentemys is an extinct genus of podocnemidid turtle.[1] It is known from Miocene aged sediments of the Moghara Formation in Egypt.[2]

References

  1. Latentemys at fossilworks.org
  2. E. S. Gaffney, P. A. Meylan, R. C. Wood, E. Simons, and D. De Almeida Campos. 2011. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the family Podocnemididae. American Museum Novitates 350:1-237

Wikidata ☰ Q21355831 entry