Nichollsemys
Nichollsemys is a genus of extinct sea turtles. The only known species is Nichollsemys baieri.
Taxonomy
Fossils of the Nichollsemys from Alberta Alberta, [Canada, were discovered in 1997 by Ron Baier while prospecting near Chin Lake. Baier, who grew up in southeastern Alberta, contacted the Royal Terrell Museum which then performed a CT scan and identified it as the skull of a marine turtle dating to the Cretaceous Period and the first of its kind found. The fossils have been described by Donald Brinkman who named it in 2006. The fossils found so far are all skulls.The name of Nichollsemys is a tribute to Elizabeth Nicholls, a paleontologist from Canada who studied marine reptiles from the Triassic period. She had previously done work with Brinkman when they found the ichthyosaur genus Parvinatator. The species name of baieri is in honor of Baier, who found the first fossil.