Foxemys

Name: Foxemys ‭(‬Fox Amphoux turtle‭)‬.
Phonetic: Fox-em-is.
Named By: Haiyan Tong,‭ ‬Eugene S Gaffney‭ & ‬Eric Buffetaut‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Testudines,‭ ‬Pleurodira,‭ ‬Bothremydidae,‭ ‬Bothremydini,‭ ‬Foxemydina.
Species: F.‭ ‬mechinorum‭ (‬type‭)‬,‭ ‬F.‭ ‬trabanti.
Diet: Unavailable.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: France‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gr�s � Reptiles Formation,‭ ‬Marnes Rouges Inf�rieures Formation.‭ ‬Hungary‭ ‬-‭ ‬Csehb�nya Formation.
Time period: Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Several individuals

       Foxemys is a genus of bothremydid turtle that is considered to have been similar to Polysternon as well as closely related to Puentemys.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Foxemys,‭ ‬a new side-necked turtle‭ (‬Bothremydidae,‭ ‬Pelomedusoides‭) ‬from the late Cretaceous of France.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Museum Novitates‭ ‬3251‭ (‬3251‭)‬:‭ ‬1‭–‬19.‭ ‬Retrieved‭ ‬19‭ ‬January‭ ‬2012.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Haiyan Tong,‭ ‬Eugene S Gaffney‭ & ‬Eric Buffetaut‭ ‬-‭ ‬2012.

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