Kirgizemys is an extinct genus of turtle from Early Cretaceous of China, South Korea, Mongolia, Russia and Kyrgyzstan.
| Kirgizemys Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
| Genus: | †Kirgizemys Nessov & Khozatsky, 1973 |
| Species | |
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K. exaratus Nessov & Khozsatzky, 1973 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hangaiemys Sukhanov & Narmandakh, 1974 | |
References
edit- Danilov, I. G.; Averianov, A.O.; Skutchas, P.P. & Rezvyi, A.S. 2006. Kirgizemys (Testudines: Macrobaenidae): New material from the Lower Cretaceous of Buryatia (Russia) and taxonomic revision. pp. 46–62 in I. G. Danilov & J. F. Parham (eds.), Fossil Turtle Research, Vol. 1.
- Parham, J.F. & Hutchison, J.H. 2003. A new eucryptodiran turtle from the Late Cretaceous of North America (Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada). J. Vertebr. Paleontol. 23 (4): 783–798.
- Shukanov, V.B. 2000. Mesozoic turtles of Middle and Central Asia. pp. 309–367 in M. J. Benton, M. A. Shishkin, D. M. Unwin, and E. N. Kurochkin (eds.), The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
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