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Toremys

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Toremys
Temporal range: Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Pleurosternidae
Genus: Toremys
Pérez-García et. al., 2015
Type species
Toremys cassiopeia

Toremys is an extinct genus of pleurosternid that inhabited Spain during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch. It is a monotypic taxon known from a single species, T. cassiopeia.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pérez-García, Adán; Espílez, E.; Mampel, L.; Alcalá, L. (July 2015). "A new European Albian turtle that extends the known stratigraphic range of the Pleurosternidae (Paracryptodira)". Cretaceous Research. 55: 74–83. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2015.02.007. Retrieved 7 October 2024 – via Elsevier Science Direct.