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Extinct genus of turtles
Arabemys is an extinct genus of sea turtle. It was first named in 1999, and contains one species, A. crassiscutata.[2] It is known from deposits of Late Paleocene or Early Eocene age near the village of Linah in northern Saudi Arabia (28°44′2″N 43°52′25″E / 28.73389°N 43.87361°E / 28.73389; 43.87361).
References
- ^ Haiyan Tong; Eric Buffetaut; Herbert Thomas; Jack Roger; Mohammed Halawani; Abdallah Memesh; Patrick Lebret (1999). "A new dermochelyid turtle from the Late Paleocene–Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 329 (12): 913–919. Bibcode:1999CRASE.329..913T. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88505-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18.
- ^ Martin Jehle. "Genera and species of Paleocene reptiles". Beyond Mammals: Other Paleocene Vertebrates. Paleocene Mammals of the World. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
External links
- Arabemys at the Paleobiology Database
Arabemys | |
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Arabemys crassiscutata |
Dermochelyidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Arabemys | ||||
†Corsochelys | ||||
†Cosmochelys | ||||
Dermochelys | ||||
†Eosphargis | ||||
†Mesodermochelys | ||||
†Psephophorus | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |
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