Mokelemys
| Mokelemys Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | Podocnemididae |
| Genus: | †Mokelemys |
| Species: | †M. mbembe |
| Binomial name | |
| †Mokelemys mbembe Pérez-García, 2022 | |
Mokelemys is an extinct genus of erymnochelyin turtle that lived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Zanclean stage of the Pliocene epoch.[1]
Etymology
[edit]Mokelemys mbembe is named after the cryptid mokele-mbembe.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ↑ Pérez‐García, Adán (23 September 2022). "A lower Pliocene Erymnochelyini turtle (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) from the Democratic Republic of Congo". The Anatomical Record. 306 (6): 1396–1410. doi:10.1002/ar.25073. ISSN 1932-8486. Retrieved 11 January 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.
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