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Anatolemys

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Anatolemys
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian
~99.6–83.5 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Macrobaenidae
Genus: Anatolemys
Khozatsky & Nessov 1979
Type species
Anatolemys maximus
Khozatsky & Nessov 1979
Species
  • A. oxensis Khozatsky & Nessov 1979
  • A. maximus Khozatsky & Nessov 1979

Anatolemys is an extinct turtle genus in the family Macrobaenidae. Two species are known, both of which lived in the Late Cretaceous. Fossils were discovered in the Yalovach Formation of Tajikistan, the Kulbikin Member and Khodzhakul and Bissekty Formations of Uzbekistan and the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Anatolemys". The Paleobiology Database.

Further reading

  • Brinkman, Donald B.; Nessov, L. A.; Peng, Jiang-Hua. Khunnuchelys gen.nov., a new trionychid (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Uzbekistan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences October 1993.
  • Vitek, Natasha S.; Danilov, Igor G.. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research May 2014.