| Caninemys Temporal range: Serravallian - Messinian
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| Photographs and diagram of the skull | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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.
- ^ "†Caninemys Meylan et al. 2009 (sideneck turtle)". Fossilworks.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.