''Foxemys'' is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of a kind of organism or of a group of kinds (taxon), usually a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
bothremydid
Bothremydidae is an extinct family of side-necked turtles (Pleurodira) known from the Cretaceous and Cenozoic. They are closely related to Podocnemididae, and are amongst the most widely distributed pleurodire groups, with their fossils having be ...
turtle that was discovered at
Fox Amphoux, France and also
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...
and
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg
, image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg
, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
, i ...
.
[A. Pérez-García and F. Ortega. 2018. Identification of the French Upper Cretaceous bothremydid turtle ''Foxemys mechinorum'' in the Spanish record. Geobios 51(3):211-217] Its skull and shell structure is similar to ''
Polysternon
''Polysternon'' is a genus of turtles in the extinct family Bothremydidae. It was described by Portis in 1882, and contains the species ''P. provinciale'' (originally placed in the genus ''Pleurosternon''), which existed during the Cretaceous of ...
''.
Two species are in the genus: ''F. mechinorum''
and ''F. trabanti''.
Gallery
Foxemys plastron.JPG, Plastron
References
Bothremydidae
Late Cretaceous turtles
Fossils of France
Prehistoric turtle genera
Fossil taxa described in 1998
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