Tongemys
| Tongemys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Family: | †Compsemydidae |
| Genus: | †Tongemys Joyce et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †T. enigmatica |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tongemys enigmatica Joyce et al., 2022 | |
Tongemys is an extinct genus of compsemydid turtle that lived in England during the Berriasian. It contains a single species, Tongemys enigmatica.[1]
References
- ^ Joyce, Walter G.; Bourque, Jason R.; Fernandez, Vincent; Rollot, Yann (17 August 2022). "An alternative interpretation of small-bodied turtles from the "Middle Purbeck" of England as a new species of compsemydid turtle". Fossil Record. 25 (2): 263–274. Bibcode:2022FossR..25..263J. doi:10.3897/fr.25.85334. ISSN 2193-0074. Retrieved 9 September 2024.