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
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Binomial name | |
†Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al., 1999
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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 / 28.73389°N 43.87361°E / 28.73389; 43.87361).
Arabemys | |
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Arabemys crassiscutata |
Dermochelyidae family | ||||
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Genera |
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†Arabemys | ||||
†Corsochelys | ||||
†Cosmochelys | ||||
Dermochelys | ||||
†Eosphargis | ||||
†Mesodermochelys | ||||
†Psephophorus |
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Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |