Lindholmemydidae

Extinct family of turtles

Lindholmemydidae
Temporal range: Cenomanian-Ypresian 99.7–55.8 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Lindholmemydidae
Chkhikvadze, 1970

Lindholmemydidae is an extinct family of turtles in the Testudinoidea.[1]

Genera

  • Amuremys
  • Elkemys
  • Gravemys
  • Hongilemys
  • Khodzhakulemys
  • Mongolemys
  • Paragravemys
  • Paramongolemys
  • Shandongemys

References

  1. ^ Danilov, I.G.; Sukhanov, V. B. (2013). "A new basal testudinoid turtle (Testudinoidea: "Lindholmemydidae") from the Upper Paleocene of Mongolia". Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal. 1 (1): 81–90. Bibcode:2013PalJ...47..104D. doi:10.1134/S0031030113010036. S2CID 86387661.
Taxon identifiers
Lindholmemydidae
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.


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