Mokelemys
Extinct genus of turtle
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Mokelemys is an extinct genus of erymnochelyin turtle that lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.[1]
| Mokelemys Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | †Mokelemys |
| Species: | †M. mbembe |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mokelemys mbembe Pérez-García, 2022 | |
Etymology
Mokelemys mbembe is named after the cryptid mokele-mbembe.[2]
