Dortokidae
| Dortokidae Temporal range:
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| Fragmentary plastron of Ronella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Clade: | Pan-Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Dortokidae Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 |
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Dortokidae is an extinct family of freshwater pan-pleurodiran turtles, known from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Europe. Only four species have been named, but indeterminate fossils show that they were abundant across western and eastern-central Europe during the Cretaceous. The family is only known from postcranial remains.[1]
Genera[]
- Pérez-García, Gasulla, and Ortega 2014[2] Arcillas de Morella Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 Laño site, Spain, Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Sînpetru Formation, Romania, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
- Lapparent de Broin in Gheerbrant et al. 1999 , Romania Paleocene (Thanetian) (alternatively considered a species of Dortoka)
References[]
- ^ Pérez-García, A.; Cobos, A.; Royo-Torres, R. (2017-06-01). "The oldest evidence of a dortokid turtle (stem Pleurodira) from the uppermost Hauterivian-basal Barremian El Castellar Formation (Teruel, Spain)". Journal of Iberian Geology. 43 (2): 139–146. doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0013-7. ISSN 1886-7995.
- ^ "Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe". Cretaceous Research. 48: 130–138. 2014-03-01. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004. ISSN 0195-6671.
Categories:
- Pleurodira
- Prehistoric turtles