Nichollsemys Brinkman et al. 2006 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: D. Brinkman, M. Hart, H. Jamniczky and M. Colbert. 2006. Nichollsemys baieri gen. et sp. nov., a primitive chelonioid turtle from the late Campanian of North America. Paludicola 5(4):111-124

Parent taxon: Chelonioidea according to J. C. L. Menon et al. 2024

See also Brinkman et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Cheloniidae, Cimochelys, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Desmatochelyidae, Dollochelys rogovichi, Euclastidae, Kimurachelys, Leviathanochelys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae, Turgaiscapha kushmurunica

Subtaxa: Nichollsemys baieri

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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