Bairdemys

Bairdemys
Temporal range: Late Oligocene-Late Miocene ~24–7.3 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Podocnemididae
Subtribe: †Stereogenyina
Infratribe: †Bairdemydita
Gaffney et al. 2011
Genus: †Bairdemys
Gaffney & Wood 2002[1]
Type species
†Bairdemys hartsteini
Gaffney & Wood 2002
Species
  • †Bairdemys hartsteini Gaffney & Wood 2002[2]
  • †Bairdemys healeyorum Weems & Knight 2013[3]
  • †Bairdemys sanchezi Gaffney et al. 2008[4]
  • †Bairdemys thalassica Ferreira et al. 2015[5]
  • †Bairdemys venezuelensis Wood & Díaz 1971[6]
  • †Bairdemys winklerae Gaffney et al. 2008[7]

Bairdemys is an extinct genus of side-necked turtles in the family Podocnemididae. The genus existed from the Late Oligocene to Late Miocene and its fossils have been found in South Carolina, Puerto Rico, Panama and Venezuela. The genus was described in 2002 by Gaffney & Wood and the type species is B. hartsteini.

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