Caninemys Temporal range: Serravallian - Messinian
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Photographs and diagram of the skull | |
Scientific 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
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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.