Foxemys Tong et al. 1998 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Full reference: H. Tong, E. S. Gaffney, and E. Buffetaut. 1998. Foxemys, a new side-necked turtle (Bothremydidae: Pelomedusoides) from the Late Cretaceous of France. American Museum Novitates 3251:1-19

Parent taxon: Foxemydina according to A. Pérez-García and F. Ortega 2018

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2006, Pérez-García 2016, Rabi et al. 2012, Rabi et al. 2013 and Tong et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Iberoccitanemys, Polysternon, Polysternon isonae, Tartaruscola

Subtaxa: Foxemys mechinorum Foxemys trabanti

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Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (7 collections), Hungary (1), Spain (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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