Bothremys

Bothremys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Subfamily: Bothremydinae
Tribe: Bothremydini
Subtribe: Bothremydina
Genus: Bothremys
Leidy, 1865
Type species
Bothremys cooki
Leidy, 1865
Other species
  • B. arabicus Zalmout et al., 2005
  • B. kellyi Gaffney et al., 2006
  • B. maghrebiana Gaffney et al., 2006

Bothremys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered near Gloucester, New Jersey.[1] The genus consists of type species B. cooki, B. arabicus, B. kellyi, and B. maghrebiana.[1]

  1. ^ a b Leidy, J., 1865 "Cretaceous reptiles of the United States." Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192:1-135 https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.39830