Acherontemys
Acherontemys Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Americhelydia |
Family: | Chelydridae |
Genus: | †Acherontemys Hay, 1899 |
Acherontemys is an extinct genus from Miocene of United States. It was assigned to Chelydridae by Robert L. Carroll (1988); and to Emydidae by Hutchison (1992).
References
- Carroll, R. L. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution. W. H Freeman Company, 1988.
- Hutchison, J. H. 1992. Western North American reptile and amphibian record across the Eocene/Oligocene boundary and its climatic implications. Prothero, D. R. & Berggren, W. A. (eds.), Eocene-Oligocene Climatic and Biotic Evolution 451-463.
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