Miocaretta
Miocaretta Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Cheloniidae |
Genus: | †Miocaretta Deraniyagala, 1967 |
Species: | †M. lankae
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Binomial name | |
†Miocaretta lankae Deraniyagala, 1967
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Miocaretta is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene era in what is now Sri Lanka. It was first named by Paul E. P. Deraniyagala in 1967. The type and only species is M. lankae.[1]
References[]
- ^ P. E. P. Deraniyagala (1967). "Some new Miocene vertebrates from Ceylon". Ceylon Association for the Advancement of Science Proceedings. 23 (1): 50.
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Categories:
- Fossils of India
- Cheloniidae
- Miocene turtles
- Extinct animals of India
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Extinct turtles
- Monotypic prehistoric reptile genera
- Prehistoric turtle stubs