Foxemys
| Foxemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Fossil of F. mechinorum, an extinct turtle | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bothremydinae |
| Tribe: | †Bothremydini |
| Subtribe: | †Foxemydina |
| Genus: | †Foxemys Tong et al., 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Foxemys mechinorum Tong et al., 1998
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| Other species | |
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Foxemys is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle that was discovered at Fox Amphoux, France[1] and also Hungary and Spain.[2] Its skull and shell structure is similar to Polysternon.[3] Two species are in the genus: F. mechinorum[3] and F. trabanti.[4]
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References
- ^ "Paleobiology Database: Foxemys". Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ A. Pérez-García and F. Ortega. 2018. Identification of the French Upper Cretaceous bothremydid turtle Foxemys mechinorum in the Spanish record. Geobios 51(3):211-217
- ^ a b Tong, Haiyan; Eugene S Gaffney; Eric Buffetaut (1998). "Foxemys, a new side-necked turtle (Bothremydidae, Pelomedusoides) from the late Cretaceous of France". American Museum Novitates. 3251 (3251): 1–19. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
- ^ M. Rabi, H. Tong, and G. Botfalvai. 2012. A new species of the side-necked turtle Foxemys (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary and the historical biogeography of the Bothremydini. Geological Magazine 149(4):662-674
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