Appalachemys
| Appalachemys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
| Genus: | †Appalachemys Gentry, Kiernan & Parham, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Appalachemys ebersolei | |
Appalachemys is an extinct genus of macrobaenid turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous period.[2] It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, A. ebersolei,[3] which was named after Jun Ebersole.[4]
History and Description
[edit]Appalachemys is known from specimen ALMNH PV985.24 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. The type locality is unknown.
Appalachemys is over 80 cm long.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Appalachemys lived in Alabama in the Cretaceous.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ A. D. Gentry; C. R. Kiernan; J. F. Parham (2023). "A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American "macrobaenids"". The Anatomical Record. 306 (6): 1411–1430. doi:10.1002/ar.25054. PMID 37158131.
- ^ a b Gentry, A., Kierman, C. R., & Parham, J. F. (2023). A large non-marine turtle from the upper cretaceous of Alabama and a review of north American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record, 306, 1411–1430.
- ^ a b "†Appalachemys Gentry et al. 2023 (turtle)". The Paleobiology Database.
- ^ Blakely, Will (2022-08-19). "Large ancient turtle discovered in Alabama named after a Birmingham…". 1819 News. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
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