Eotaphrosphys

Eotaphrosphys
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Tribe: Taphrosphyini
Subtribe: Taphrosphyina
Genus: Eotaphrosphys
Pérez-García, 2018
Species:
E. ambiguum
Binomial name
Eotaphrosphys ambiguum
(Gaudry, 1890)

Eotaphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Mont Aime Formation, France.[1] Originally assigned to the genus "Tretosternum", it consists exclusively of type species E. ambiguum.[2]

  1. ^ A. Pérez-García. 2018. New genera of Taphrosphyina (Pleurodira, Bothremydidae) for the French Maastrichtian ‘Tretosternum’ ambiguum and the Peruvian Ypresian ‘Podocnemis’ olssoni. Historical Biology
  2. ^ "Fossilworks: Eotaphrosphys". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.