Nigeremys
Genus of reptiles
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Nigeremys ("Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger, Mali and Syria.[1] The genus consists exclusively of the combinatio nova of the type species N. gigantea.[2]
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| Nigeremys fossil skull | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | †Nigeremys Broin, 1977 |
| Species: | †N. gigantea |
| Binomial name | |
| †Nigeremys gigantea Broin, 1977 | |
Discovery
Nigeremys was described in 1977.[1]
