Palaeoamyda

Palaeoamyda
Temporal range: Middle Eocene
Palaeoamyda messeliana from Messel Pit Fossil Site at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Trionychidae
Subfamily: Trionychinae
Genus: Palaeoamyda
Cadena, 2016
Species:
P. messeliana
Binomial name
Palaeoamyda messeliana
(Reinach 1900)

Palaeoamyda is an extinct genus of softshell turtle belonging to the family Trionychidae. Remains have been found in the Eocene of Germany.