Anatolemys
| Anatolemys Temporal range: Cenomanian-Santonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
| Genus: | †Anatolemys Khozatsky & Nessov 1979 |
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| †Anatolemys maximus Khozatsky & Nessov 1979
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Anatolemys is an extinct turtle genus in the family Macrobaenidae. Two species are known, both of which lived in the Late Cretaceous. Fossils were discovered in the Yalovach Formation of Tajikistan, the Kulbikin Member and Khodzhakul and Bissekty Formations of Uzbekistan and the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Anatolemys". The Paleobiology Database.
Further reading[]
- Brinkman, Donald B.; Nessov, L. A.; Peng, Jiang-Hua. Khunnuchelys gen.nov., a new trionychid (Testudines: Trionychidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia and Uzbekistan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences October 1993.
- Vitek, Natasha S.; Danilov, Igor G.. Soft-shelled turtles (Trionychidae) from the Cenomanian of Uzbekistan. Cretaceous Research May 2014.
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Categories:
- Macrobaenidae
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Cretaceous turtles
- Cenomanian life
- Turonian life
- Coniacian life
- Santonian life
- Late Cretaceous reptiles of Asia
- Fossils of Kazakhstan
- Fossils of Tajikistan
- Fossils of Uzbekistan
- Bissekty Formation
- Fossil taxa described in 1979
- Prehistoric turtle stubs