Araripemys Temporal range: 120 Ma |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Family: | Araripemydidae |
Genus: | Araripemys |
Araripemys is an extinct turtle genus, of which a fossil has been found in Brazil, supposed to be 120 million years old. According to the dating of this fossil, it therefore lived in the Early Cretaceous Period, the third period of the Mesozoic era.