†Desmemys Wegner 1911 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Full reference: T. Wegner. 1911. Desmemys Bertelsmanni n. g. n. sp. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Thalassemydidae Rütimeyer. Palaeontographica 58:105-132
Parent taxon: Pleurosternidae according to D. B. Brinkman et al. 2000
See also Carroll 1988, Karl et al. 2012, Milner 2004 and Nopcsa 1928
Sister taxa: Ballerstedtia, Desmemydinae, Dinochelys, Dorsetochelys, Glyptops, Pleurosternon, Riodevemys, Selenemys, Toremys, Uluops
Subtaxa: none
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gerdemann clay pit, Gronau (Cretaceous of Germany)
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