Foxemys

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Foxemys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–66.043 Ma
Fossil of F. mechinorum, an extinct turtle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Other species
  • F. trabanti Rabi et al. 2012

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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