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Yakemys
Discussion
Genus name from Yak, giant in Thai ()
Taxonomy
Yakemys was named by Tong et al. (2021). Its type is Yakemys multiporcata.
It was assigned to Macrobaenidae by Tong et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Macrobaenidae by Tong et al. (2021).
Species
Y. multiporcata (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Yakemys Tong et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| H. Tong et al. 2021 | A genus of Macrobaenidae of large size, with the carapace length about 70 cm and a combination of characters that differs from all other Macrobaenidae as follows: narrow vertebral scutes; vertebral 4 triangular and narrowed posteriorly, strong midline keel extending to the suprapygal 2, large lateral longitudinal keels on the vertebral region, and additional ridges on the pleural region; plastron reduced, with a triangular short anterior lobe, epiplastron reduced to a strip-shaped plate, entoplastron oval in dorsal view but with a much reduced ventral exposure and an extremely reduced bridge that is shorter than the anterior lobe. |