Arabemys is an extinct genus of sea turtle. It was first named in 1999, and contains one species, A. crassiscutata.[2] It is known from deposits of Late Paleocene or Early Eocene age near the village of Linah in northern Saudi Arabia (28°44′2″N 43°52′25″E / 28.73389°N 43.87361°E).
| Arabemys crassiscutata Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Arabemys Tong et al., 1999 [1] |
| Species: | †A. crassiscutata
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| †Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al., 1999
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References
edit- ^ Haiyan Tong; Eric Buffetaut; Herbert Thomas; Jack Roger; Mohammed Halawani; Abdallah Memesh; Patrick Lebret (1999). "A new dermochelyid turtle from the Late Paleocene–Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 329 (12): 913–919. Bibcode:1999CRASE.329..913T. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88505-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18.
- ^ Martin Jehle. "Genera and species of Paleocene reptiles". Beyond Mammals: Other Paleocene Vertebrates. Paleocene Mammals of the World. Retrieved February 18, 2011.
External links
edit- Arabemys at the Paleobiology Database
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