Taphrosphys

Taphrosphys
Temporal range:
Carapace at Edelman Fossil Park
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Pleurodira
Family: Bothremydidae
Tribe: Taphrosphyini
Subtribe: Taphrosphyina
Genus: Taphrosphys
Cope, 1869
Type species
Platemys sulcatus
Leidy, 1856
Species
  • T. congolensis Dollo, 1913
  • T. ippolitoi Gaffney et al., 2006
  • T. sulcatus Leidy, 1856

Taphrosphys is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered Angola, Morocco and the United States. The genus consists of type species T. sulcatus (originally Platemys sulcatus), T. ippolitoi, T. congolensis, and the dubious T. dares.