| Arabemys crassiscutata Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Dermochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Arabemys Tong et al., 1999 1 |
| Species: | †A. crassiscutata
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| †Arabemys crassiscutata Tong et al., 1999
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Arabemys is an extinct genus of sea turtle. It was first named in 1999, and contains one species, A. crassiscutata.2 It is known from deposits of Late Paleocene or Early Eocene age near the village of Linah in northern Saudi Arabia (28°44′2″N 43°52′25″E / 28.73389°N 43.87361°E / 28.73389; 43.87361).
References
References
- Haiyan Tong; Eric Buffetaut; Herbert Thomas; Jack Roger; Mohammed Halawani; Abdallah Memesh; Patrick Lebret (1999). "A new dermochelyid turtle from the Late Paleocene–Early Eocene of Saudi Arabia" (PDF). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences. IIA - Earth and Planetary Science. 329 (12): 913–919. Bibcode:1999CRASE.329..913T. doi:10.1016/S1251-8050(00)88505-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-18.
- Martin Jehle. "Genera and species of Paleocene reptiles". Beyond Mammals: Other Paleocene Vertebrates. Paleocene Mammals of the World. Retrieved February 18, 2011.