Caribemys

Caribemys
Temporal range: Oxfordian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Order: Testudines
Suborder: 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.

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