Adocus beatus

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Adocus beatus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Oligocene, 125–28 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Shell of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	†Adocidae
Genus:	†Adocus
Species:	†A. beatus
Binomial name
†Adocus beatus Leidy 1865
Synonyms
Aducus punctatus Marsh 1890 Adocus lacer Hay 1908

Adocus beatus is an extinct species of aquatic turtles belonging to the family Adocidae.

Description[]

Adocus beatus had flattened and smoothly contoured shells with horny sculptured plates. The shells could reach a length of about 80 cm.

Distribution[]

These turtles have been found in Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States.

References[]

• The Paleobiology Database
• Paleocene Mammals
• Recently Collected Specimen of Adocus
• E.V. Syromyatnikova and I.G. Danilov NEW MATERIAL AND A REVISION OF TURTLES OF THE GENUS ADOCUS (ADOCIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MIDDLE ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
• Yale Digital Content

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