Gaffney, Eugene S.Tong, Haiyan.Meylan, Peter A. (Peter Andre)2005-10-062005-10-062002http://hdl.handle.net/2246/286820 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 19-20).The Cenomanian redbeds of southern Morocco have yielded skulls of a new genus and two new species of side-necked turtles, Galianemys whitei and Galianemys emringeri. The genus is based on a series of nine well-preserved skulls and three partial skulls. Galianemys is a pelomedusoid pleurodire belonging to the family Bothremydidae Baur, 1891, because it has: (1) precolumellar fossa absent, (2) foramen stapedio-temporale facing anteriorly, (3) eustachian tube separated from stapes by bone, and (4) exoccipital-quadrate contact. Within the Bothremydidae Galianemys is best resolved as the sister group to Cearachelys because both have the jugal retracted from the orbital margin and a small, slitlike fenestra postotica. Galianemys emringeri has a deep fossa pterygoidei, ventrally exposed prootic, foramen nervi facialis and foramen nervi vidiani, a thicker labial ridge, and the jugal not exposed on the triturating surface, while Galianemys whitei has a shallow fossa pterygoidei, covered prootic and foramen nervi facialis and vidiani, a thinner labial ridge, and a jugal exposed on the triturating surface.617467 bytesapplication/pdfen-USQL1 .A436 no.3379 2002Galianemys whitei.Galianemys emringeri.Turtles, Fossil -- Morocco.Reptiles, Fossil -- Morocco.Paleontology -- Cretaceous -- Morocco.Paleontology -- Morocco.text