Arabemys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
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Arabemys crassiscutata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Dermochelyidae |
Genus: | †Arabemys Tong et al., 1999 [1] |
Species: | †A. crassiscutata |
Binomial name | |
†Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al., 1999 | |
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