Appalachemys
Appearance
Appalachemys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Family: | †Macrobaenidae |
Genus: | †Appalachemys |
Type species | |
†Appalachemys maximus |
Appalachemys is an extinct genus of macrobaenid turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous period. It was named named after a Birmingham paleontologist.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Appalachemys lived in Alabama.