Nigeremys

Nigeremys ; Temporal range: Maastrichtian?Eocene Pre? ? O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Nigeremys fossil skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	† Bothremydidae
Genus:	† Nigeremys ; Broin, 1977
Species:	† N. gigantea
Binomial name
	† Nigeremys gigantea ; Broin, 1977

Nigeremys (" Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger , Mali and Syria . ^[1] The genus consists exclusively of the combinatio nova of the type species N. gigantea. ^[2]

Discovery [ edit ]

Nigeremys was described in 1977. ^[1]

^ ^a ^b F. Broin. 1977. Contribution a l'etude des Cheloniens. Cheloniens continentaux due Cretace et du Tertiare de France. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Nouvelle Serie, Serie C, Sciences de la terre 38:1-366
^ Fossilworks: Phosphatochelys fossilworks.org Retrieved 2021-01-05

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