Foxemys

Foxemys is an extinct genus of bothremydid turtle that was discovered at Fox Amphoux, France[1] and also Hungary and Spain.[2] Its skull and shell structure is similar to Polysternon.[3] Two species are in the genus: F. mechinorum[3] and F. trabanti.[4]

Foxemys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 84.9–66.043 Ma
Fossil of F. mechinorum, an extinct turtle
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: †Bothremydidae
Subfamily: †Bothremydinae
Tribe: †Bothremydini
Subtribe: †Foxemydina
Genus: †Foxemys
Tong et al., 1998
Type species
Foxemys mechinorum
Tong et al., 1998
Other species
  • †F. trabanti Rabi et al. 2012
  • Plastron

References
  1. "Paleobiology Database: Foxemys". Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  2. 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
  3. Tong, Haiyan; Eugene S Gaffney; Eric Buffetaut (1998). "Foxemys, a new side-necked turtle (Bothremydidae, Pelomedusoides) from the late Cretaceous of France". American Museum Novitates. 3251 (3251): 1–19. Retrieved 19 January 2012.
  4. M. Rabi, H. Tong, and G. Botfalvai. 2012. A new species of the side-necked turtle Foxemys (Pelomedusoides: Bothremydidae) from the Late Cretaceous of Hungary and the historical biogeography of the Bothremydini. Geological Magazine 149(4):662-674


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