Tongemys

Tongemys
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Compsemydidae
Genus: Tongemys
Joyce et al., 2022
Species:
T. enigmatica
Binomial name
Tongemys enigmatica
Joyce et al., 2022

Tongemys is an extinct genus of compsemydid turtle that lived in England during the Berriasian. It contains a single species, Tongemys enigmatica.[1]

  1. ^ Joyce, Walter G.; Bourque, Jason R.; Fernandez, Vincent; Rollot, Yann (17 August 2022). "An alternative interpretation of small-bodied turtles from the "Middle Purbeck" of England as a new species of compsemydid turtle". Fossil Record. 25 (2): 263–274. Bibcode:2022FossR..25..263J. doi:10.3897/fr.25.85334. ISSN 2193-0074. Retrieved 9 September 2024.