Ummulisani
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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| †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
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