Echmatemys Explained

Echmatemys is an extinct genus of geoemydid turtle from the Eocene of North America. It is the oldest North American geoemydids, and is one of the most common early Eocene turtles.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Lourenço . J. O. M. . Claude . J. . Galtier . N. . Chiari . Y. . Dating cryptodiran nodes: Origin and diversification of the turtle superfamily Testudinoidea . 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.022 . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 62 . 1 . 496–507 . 2012 . 22100825.
  2. Parmley . D. . Howard Hutchison . J. . Parham . J. F. . Diverse Turtle Fauna from the Late Eocene of Georgia Including the Oldest Records of Aquatic Testudinoids in Southeastern North America . Journal of Herpetology . 40 . 3 . 343 . 2006 . 10.1670/0022-1511(2006)40[343:DTFFTL]2.0.CO;2 . 86364121 .

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