Echmatemys

Extinct genus of turtles

Echmatemys
Temporal range: Eocene, 55 Ma
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Shell of Echmatemys stevensoniana (AMNH 6084) in the American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Family: Geoemydidae
Genus: Echmatemys
Hay, 1906
Species
  • E. septaria (Cope, 1873)
  • E. stevensoniana
  • E. wyomingensis

Echmatemys is an extinct genus of geoemydid turtle from the Eocene of North America. It is the oldest North American geoemydids, and is one of the most common early Eocene turtles.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Lourenço, J. O. M.; Claude, J.; Galtier, N.; Chiari, Y. (2012). "Dating cryptodiran nodes: Origin and diversification of the turtle superfamily Testudinoidea". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (1): 496–507. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.022. PMID 22100825.
  2. ^ Parmley, D.; Howard Hutchison, J.; Parham, J. F. (2006). "Diverse Turtle Fauna from the Late Eocene of Georgia Including the Oldest Records of Aquatic Testudinoids in Southeastern North America". Journal of Herpetology. 40 (3): 343. doi:10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[343:DTFFTL]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86364121.
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Genera
Species of the family Geoemydidae
Northern river terrapin(Batagur baska)
BanhxeochelysBatagurCuoraCyclemysEchmatemys
  • Echmatemys septaria
  • Echmatemys stevensoniana
  • Echmatemys wyomingensis
GeoclemysGeoemydaHardellaHeosemysLeucocephalonMalayemysMauremysMelanochelysMoreniaNotochelysOrlitiaPangshuraRhinoclemmysSacaliaSiebenrockiellaVijayachelys
Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on turtles of the world 2017 update: Annotated checklist and atlas of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution, and conservation status. †=Extinct.
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Suborder
Superfamily
Family
Cryptodira
Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)
Cheloniidae
Dermochelyidae
 
Kinosternoidea
Dermatemydidae
Kinosternidae
Testudinoidea
Emydidae
Geoemydidae
 Platysternidae
Testudinidae
Trionychia
Carettochelyidae
Trionychidae
 
 
Chelydridae
Nanhsiungchelyidae
Protostegidae
 
Pleurodira
 
Araripemydidae
Bothremydidae
Chelidae
Pelomedusidae
Podocnemididae
Sahonachelyidae
 
 
 
  • Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.
Taxon identifiers
Echmatemys


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