Peckemys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Superclass: | Tetrapoda |
Class: | Sauropsida |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Infraorder: | Paracryptodira |
Family: | Baenidae |
Genus: | Peckemys Lyson and Joyce, 2009 |
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Peckemys is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Hell Creek Formation, United States during the late Cretaceous period (Maastrichtian age).[1] It was first named by Tyler R. Lyson and Walter G. Joyce in 2009 and the type species is Peckemys brinkman.[1]