Acherontemys

Acherontemys
Temporal range: Lutetian
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Holotype carapace
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Testudinoidea
Genus: †Acherontemys
Hay, 1899
Species:
†A. heckmani
Binomial name
†Acherontemys heckmani
Hay, 1899

Acherontemys is an extinct genus of turtle from Eocene sediments in northwestern North America and comprising a single species Acherontemys heckmani. Acherontemys has been placed within the pond turtle superfamily Testudinoidea as part of the clade Pan-Emydidae.

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