Appalachemys
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| Appalachemys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
| Genus: | †Appalachemys Gentry, Kiernan & Parham, 2023[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Appalachemys ebersolei | |
Appalachemys is an extinct genus of macrobaenid turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous period.[2] It is a monotypic genus known from a single species, A. ebersolei,[3] which was named after Jun Ebersole.[4]
History and Description
[edit | edit source]Appalachemys is known from specimen ALMNH PV985.24 at the Alabama Museum of Natural History. The type locality is unknown.
Appalachemys is over 80 cm long.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit | edit source]Appalachemys lived in Alabama in the Cretaceous.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Gentry, A., Kierman, C. R., & Parham, J. F. (2023). A large non-marine turtle from the upper cretaceous of Alabama and a review of north American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record, 306, 1411–1430.
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