Geoclemys

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Geoclemys
Geoclemys hamiltonii Biswanath 01.jpg
Geoclemys hamiltonii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Subfamily: Geoemydinae
Genus: Geoclemys
Gray, 1856
Species
  • Geoclemys hamiltonii

Geoclemys is a genus of turtle that contains a single living species, the black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii). Two fossil species are also known from the Miocene of Japan; and .[1] [2]

References[]

  1. ^ Geoclemys at fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Shikama, T. (1956). "Miocene Chelonia of Japan". Sci. Rept. Yokohama Nation. Univ. 2 (5): 35–62.


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