Selenemys

Name: Selenemys.
Phonetic: Se-len-em-iss.
Named By: A.‭ ‬Perez-Garcia‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Anapsida,‭ ‬Testudines,‭ ‬Cryptodira,‭ ‬Pleurosternidae.
Species: S.‭ ‬lusitanica‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: ‬Portugal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lourinhã Formation.
Time period: Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several individuals,‭ ‬including shells.

       Selenemys is a genus of turtle that lived in Portugal during the late Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Selenemys lusitanica,‭ ‬gen.‭ ‬et.‭ ‬sp.‭ ‬nov.,‭ ‬a new pleurosternid turtle‭ (‬Terstudines:‭ ‬Paracryptodira‭) ‬from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬31‭(‬1‭)‬:60-69.‭ ‬-‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Perez-Garcia‭ & ‬F.‭ ‬Ortega‭ ‬-‭ ‬2011.

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