Rhothonemys

Rhothonemys; Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	†Bothremydidae
Tribe:	†
Subtribe:	†
Genus:	†Rhothonemys; Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006
Species:	†R. brinkmani
Binomial name
	†Rhothonemys brinkmani; Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006

Rhonthonemies is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in Morocco. ^[1] The genus consists solely of type species R. brinkmani.

Discovery[]

Rhonthonemies was discovered in the Ouled Abdoun Basin of Morocco, and is known from exclusively from a partial skull, lacking the palate and basicranium, and a lower jaw.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
^ Fossilworks: Rhonthonemys

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[gaffneyetal2006-1] E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

[fossilworks-2] Fossilworks: Rhonthonemys

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