Nigeremys ("Niger turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle from Niger, Mali and Syria.[1] The genus consists exclusively of the combinatio nova of the type species N. gigantea.[2]
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Nigeremys fossil skull | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Pleurodira |
Family: | †Bothremydidae |
Genus: | †Nigeremys Broin, 1977 |
Species: | †N. gigantea |
Binomial name | |
†Nigeremys gigantea Broin, 1977 |
Discovery
Nigeremys was described in 1977.[1]