Name: Selenemys.
Phonetic: Se-len-em-iss.
Named By: A. Perez-Garcia & F. Ortega
- 2011.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Anapsida,
Testudines, Cryptodira, Pleurosternidae.
Species: S. lusitanica
(type).
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Portugal - Lourinh� Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals, including shells.
Selenemys is a genus of turtle that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic.
Further reading
- Selenemys lusitanica, gen. et. sp.
nov., a new
pleurosternid turtle (Terstudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper
Jurassic of Portugal. - Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
31(1):60-69. - A. Perez-Garcia & F. Ortega -
2011.
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