Toremys is an extinct genus of pleurosternid that inhabited Spain during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic taxon known from a single species, T. cassiopeia.[1]
Toremys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
Family: | †Pleurosternidae |
Genus: | †Toremys Pérez-García et. al., 2015 |
Type species | |
Toremys cassiopeia |
References
edit- ^ Pérez-García, Adán; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Alcalá, L. (July 2015). "A new European Albian turtle that extends the known stratigraphic range of the Pleurosternidae (Paracryptodira)". Cretaceous Research. 55: 74–83. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.007. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.