Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Synonym: Karkaemys Zalmout et al. 2005
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1865. Cretaceous reptiles of the United States. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 192:1-135
Parent taxon: Bothremydina according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2009
See also Carroll 1988, Gaffney et al. 2001, Gaffney et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Leidy 1865, Noto et al. 2022, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Zalmout et al. 2005 and Zug 2001
Sister taxa: Akoranemys, Araiochelys, Zolhafah
Subtaxa: Bothremys arabicus Bothremys cooki Bothremys kellyi Bothremys maghrebiana
Type: Bothremys cookii
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Morocco (3 collections), United States (1: South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Jordan (1), United States (7: Alabama, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina)
Total: 13 collections including 14 occurrences
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