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.