Caninemys

Caninemys
Temporal range: Serravallian - Messinian 11.608–5.332 Ma[1]
Photographs and diagram of the skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Genus: Caninemys
Meylan et al, 2009
Type species
Caninemys tridentata
Meylan et al, 2009

Caninemys is an extinct genus of large freshwater side-necked turtle, belonging to the family Podocnemididae. Its fossils have been found in Brazil[2] and Colombia,[3] in rocks dating back from the middle to late Miocene.

  1. ^ "†Caninemys Meylan et al. 2009 (sideneck turtle)". Fossilworks.
  2. ^ Meylan, P. A.; Gaffney, E. S.; Campos, J. D. (2009). "Caninemys, A New Side-Necked Turtle (Pelomedusoides: Podocnemididae) from The Miocene of Brazil. (American Museum novitates, no. 3639)". American Museum Novitates (3639): 1–26. doi:10.1206/608.1. S2CID 85801142.
  3. ^ Cadena, E.A.; Link, A.; Cooke, S.B.; Stroik, L.K.; Vanegas, A.F.; Tallman, M. (2021). "New insights on the anatomy and ontogeny of the largest extinct freshwater turtles". Heliyon. 7 (12): e08591. Bibcode:2021Heliy...708591C. doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e08591. PMC 8717240. PMID 35005268.