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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: | †
Taphrosphys Cope, 1869 |
| Type species | |
| Platemys sulcatus Leidy, 1856
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Taphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered Angola, Morocco [1] and the United States. [2] The genus consists of type species Platemys sulcatus ( combinatio nova T. sulcatus), T. ippolitoi, T. congolensis, and the dubious T. dares. [2] [3]
Discovery
The holotype of Taphrosphys was discovered in New Jersey. [2]
References
- ^ "Fossilworks: Taphrosphys". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c E. D. Cope. 1869. The fossil reptiles of New Jersey. American Naturalist 3:84-91
- ^ García, Adán Pérez; Mees, Florias; Smith, Thierry (2020-03-15). "Shell anatomy of the African Paleocene bothremydid turtle Taphrosphys congolensis and systematic implications within Taphrosphyini". Historical Biology. 32 (3): 376–385. Bibcode: 2020HBio...32..376P. doi: 10.1080/08912963.2018.1497023. ISSN 0891-2963. S2CID 92653709.
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