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Nigeremys
Taxonomy
Nigeremys was named by Broin (1977). Its type is Nigeremys gigantea.
It was assigned to Nigeremydina by Gaffney et al. (2006); and to Bothremydidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Nigeremydina by Gaffney et al. (2006); and to Bothremydidae by de la Fuente et al. (2014).
Species
N. gigantea (type species)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1843 | Potamochelys Fitzinger |
| 1977 | Nigeremys Broin |
| 1988 | Potamochelys Carroll |
| 2006 | Nigeremys Gaffney et al. p. 106 |
| 2014 | Nigeremys de la Fuente et al. |
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G. †Nigeremys Broin 1977
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†Nigeremys gigantea Bergounoux and Crouzel 1968
Invalid names: Potamochelys Fitzinger 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | A bothremydid pleurodire of the subtribe Nigeremydina; differs from Arenila in these characters: smaller orbits; suborbital maxillary plate deeper; labial ridge blunt. |
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uetz 2005 | |||||
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Eocene or 72.10000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Syria | N. sp. (117850) | |
| Maastrichtian | Niger | N. gigantea (83315) | |
| Eocene | Mali | N. gigantea (130123) |