Eurysternidae
Eurysternidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
Family: | †Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 |
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Eurysternidae is an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia. It consists of several genera of marine turtles from marine deposits in Europe, including Achelonia, Chelonides, Eurysternum. Hydropelta, Chelonides, Idiochelys, Palaeomedusa, Parachelys. and Solnhofia.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. S2CID 31091127.
Categories:
- Thalassochelydia
- Prehistoric reptile families
- Late Jurassic turtles
- Late Jurassic reptiles of Europe
- Taxa named by Louis Dollo
- Prehistoric turtle stubs