 | This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (October 2020) |
| Itapecuruemys Temporal range: Aptian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Subfamily: | †Bothremydinae |
| Tribe: | †Cearachelyini |
| Genus: | †Itapecuruemys Batista, Carvalho & la Fuente, 2020 |
| Species: | †I. amazoniensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Itapecuruemys amazoniensis Batista, Carvalho & la Fuente, 2020
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Itapecuruemys ("Itapecuru turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Itapecuru Formation of Brazil.[1] It is a monotypic genus, with only type species Itapecuruemys amazoniensis known.[1]
- ^ a b Batista, Diego L.; de Sousa Carvalho, I.; de la Fuente, M.S. (2020). "A new Cretaceous (Pleurodira: Pelomedusoides) from the Lower Cretaceous of Parnaíba Basin, Brazil": Journal of South American Earth Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102872