Apertotemporalis was an extinct genus of bothremydid[1] turtle that lived during the Late Cretaceous. The type species A. baharijensis was named in 1934 by Ernst Stromer for a specimen, NR 1912 VIII 93, consisting only of a fragmentary skull destroyed on the night of April 23/24, 1944, during World War II.[2][3][4] No more remains have been found since. The specimen was found in the Bahariya Formation of Egypt.[4]
| Apertotemporalis Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Restoration based on Galianemys | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Genus: | †Apertotemporalis Stromer, 1934 |
| Species: | †A. baharijensis
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| †Apertotemporalis baharijensis Stromer, 1934
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References edit
- ^ Gaffney, E. S., Tong, H., and Maylan, P. A. (2006). Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
- ^ Stromer, E. (1934). "Results of Prof. E. Stromer's research trips to the deserts of Egypt. II. Vertebrate remains of the Baharije stage (lowest Cenomanian)." 14. Testudinata. Treatises of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Mathematical and Natural Science Department n.f., 25: 1–26. [in German]
- ^ The Paleontology Database Bothremydidae entry accessed on 26 January 2011
- ^ a b "Apertrotemporalis". Paleofile. Retrieved 7 August 2020.