Solemys
Extinct genus of turtles
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Solemys is an extinct genus of helyochelydrid stem-turtle known from the Late Cretaceous (late Campanian-early Maastrichtian) of southern France and eastern Spain.[1][2][3][4]
| Solemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Helochelydridae |
| Genus: | †Solemys de Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 |
| Type species | |
| Solemys gaudryi Matheron, 1869 | |
Taxonomy
Two species are known, the type species Solemys gaudryi (Matheron, 1869) and S. vermiculata de Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1996. The former was originally assigned to the Cenozoic turtle genus Apholidemys by Matheron (1869),[5] but de Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga (1996) recognized it as a stem turtle distinct from Apholidemys and renamed it Solemys.[6]
The following cladogram displays the phylogenetic relationships of Solemys according to Tong et. al. 2023:[7]
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