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Yakemys

Reptilia - Testudines

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).

Species
Y. multiporcata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Yakemys Tong et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
RankNameAuthor
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
—PancryptodiraJoyce et al. 2004
—Macrobaenidae(Sukhanov 1964)
genusYakemys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Yakemys Tong et al. 2021
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†Yakemys multiporcata Tong et al. 2021
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Tong et al. 2021A 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.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:35
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 152.10000 to 139.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian - Berriasian152.1 - 139.8Thailand (Changwat) Y. multiporcata (223808)