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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | † Bothremydidae |
| Tribe: | † Taphrosphyini |
| Subtribe: | † Taphrosphyina |
| Genus: | †
Rhothonemys Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 |
| Species: | †R. brinkmani
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| Binomial name | |
| †Rhothonemys brinkmani Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006
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Rhothonemys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Paleogene of Morocco. [1] The genus consists solely of type species R. brinkmani.
Rhothonemys was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, in deposits dated to the Paleogene. It is known from a partial skull, lacking the palate and basicranium, and a lower jaw, stored in the American Museum of Natural History. [1] [2] The genus name is derived from the Greek word ῥώθων (rhothon) "nose" and alludes to the huge nasal opening. The species name R. brinkmani honors the paleontologist Donald Brinkman. [1]
References
- ^ a b c Gaffney, Eugene S.; Tong, Hai-yan; Meylan, Peter Andre (2006). "Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 300: 1–698. doi: 10.1206/0003-0090(2006)300[1:EOTSTT]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/5824. S2CID 85790134.
- ^ Fossilworks: Rhothonemys
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