Geoclemys
Geoclemys | |
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Geoclemys hamiltonii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Testudinoidea |
Family: | Geoemydidae |
Subfamily: | Geoemydinae |
Genus: | Geoclemys Gray, 1856 |
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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[]
- ^ Geoclemys at fossilworks.org
- ^ Shikama, T. (1956). "Miocene Chelonia of Japan". Sci. Rept. Yokohama Nation. Univ. 2 (5): 35–62.
Categories:
- Turtle genera
- Reptile genera with one living species
- Taxa named by John Edward Gray
- Turtle stubs