Biology:Nigeremys

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Short description: Genus of reptiles

Nigeremys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Eocene
Nigeremys fossil skull
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Nigeremys gigantea
Broin, 1977

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q105063078 entry