Arabemys
| Arabemys crassiscutata Temporal range:
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| Genus: | † Arabemys Tong et al., 1999 [1]
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| Species: | † A. crassiscutata
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| † Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al., 1999
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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).
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. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88505-5.
- ^ 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
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