Ummulisani
Ummulisani Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Tribe: | † |
Subtribe: | † |
Genus: | †Ummulisani Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006 |
Species: | †U. rutgerensis
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Binomial name | |
†Ummulisani rutgerensis Gaffney, Tong & Meylan, 2006
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Ummulisani is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Mrah Iaresh locality of Morocco. [1][2] The genus consists solely of type species U. rutgerensis.
Discovery[]
Ummulisani was discovered in the Mrah Iaresh locality, Morocco, and the type specimen consists of a skull, lacking the palate.[2]
References[]
- ^ 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]
- ^ a b Fossilworks: Ummulisani
Categories:
- Bothremydidae
- Ypresian life
- Prehistoric turtle genera
- Eocene turtles
- Eocene reptiles of Africa
- Fossils of Morocco
- Fossil taxa described in 2006
- Prehistoric turtle stubs