Caribemys

Caribemys; Temporal range: Oxfordian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
(unranked):	Pan-pleurodira
Genus:	†Caribemys; De la Fuente & Iturralde-Vinent, 2001
Species
	C. oxfordiensis De la Fuente & Iturralde-Vinent, 2001 (type species);

Caribemys is an extinct genus of turtle which existed in the Jurassic period. Its fossils have been found in the Jagua Formation in western Cuba. The type species of Caribemys is C. oxfordiensis.

External links

A New Pleurodiran Turtle from the Jagua Formation (Oxfordian) of Western Cuba. The Journal of Paleontology, July 2001.

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