Echmatemys | |
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Shell of Echmatemys stevensoniana (AMNH 6084) in the American Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Genus: | †Echmatemys Hay, 1906 |
Species | |
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Echmatemys is an extinct genus of geoemydid turtle from the Eocene of North America. It is the oldest North American geoemydids, and is one of the most common early Eocene turtles.[1][2]
Family Geoemydidae | ||||
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Genera |
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†Banhxeochelys | ||||
Batagur | ||||
Cuora | ||||
Cyclemys | ||||
†Echmatemys |
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Geoclemys | ||||
Geoemyda | ||||
Hardella | ||||
Heosemys | ||||
Leucocephalon | ||||
Malayemys | ||||
Mauremys | ||||
Melanochelys | ||||
Morenia | ||||
Notochelys | ||||
Orlitia | ||||
Pangshura | ||||
Rhinoclemmys | ||||
Sacalia | ||||
Siebenrockiella | ||||
Vijayachelys | ||||
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct. |