Rhothonemys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | †Taphrosphyini |
Subtribe: | †Taphrosphyina |
Genus: | †Rhothonemys Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 |
Species: | †R. brinkmani
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Binomial name | |
†Rhothonemys brinkmani Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006
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Rhonthonemies is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in Morocco. [1] The genus consists solely of type species R. brinkmani.
Rhonthonemies was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, and is known from exclusively from a partial skull, lacking the palate and basicranium, and a lower jaw.[1][2]