Yakemys

Name: Yakemys ‭(‬giant shell‭)‬.
Phonetic: Yak-em-iss.
Named By: Haiyan Tong,‭ ‬Phornphen Chanthasit,‭ ‬Wilailuck Naksri,‭ ‬Pitaksit Ditbanjong,‭ ‬Suravech Suteethorn,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Varavudh Suteethorn,‭ ‬Kamonlak Wongko,‭ ‬Uthumporn Deesri‭ & ‬Julien Claude‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Testudinata,‭ ‬Macrobaenidae.
Species: Y.‭ ‬multiporcata‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Uncertain/Herbivore‭?
Size: Carapace length of holotype individual estimated at about‭ ‬70‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Thailand‭ ‬-‭ ‬Phu Kradung Formation.
Time period: Valanginian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial carapace‭ (‬shell‭) ‬fragments.

       Yakemys is a genus of macrobaenid Turtle that lived in South East Asia during the very early Cretaceous.‭

Further reading
-‭ ‬Yakemys multiporcata n.‭ ‬g.‭ ‬n.‭ ‬sp.,‭ ‬a Large Macrobaenid Turtle from the Basal Cretaceous of Thailand,‭ ‬with a Review of the Turtle Fauna from the Phu Kradung Formation and Its Stratigraphical Implications.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Diversity.‭ ‬13‭ (‬12‭)‬:‭ ‬630.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Haiyan Tong,‭ ‬Phornphen Chanthasit,‭ ‬Wilailuck Naksri,‭ ‬Pitaksit Ditbanjong,‭ ‬Suravech Suteethorn,‭ ‬Eric Buffetaut,‭ ‬Varavudh Suteethorn,‭ ‬Kamonlak Wongko,‭ ‬Uthumporn Deesri‭ & ‬Julien Claude‭ ‬-‭ ‬2021.



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