Eurysternum

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Eurysternum Temporal range: Late Jurassic PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Eurysternum cf. wagleri at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines (=Chelonii)
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	†Eurysternidae
Genus:	†Eurysternum Meyer, 1839
Species
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Eurysternum is an extinct genus of sea turtle. Its type species is Eurysternum wagleri,^[1] the holotype of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations.^[2] It contains the following species:^[3]

Eurysternum wagleri Meyer, 1839
Eurysternum radianus (Wagner, 1861)
Eurysternum ignoratum Bram, 1965
Eurysternum? neuquinum Fernandez & Fuente, 1988

References

↑ Karl Cäsar von Leonhard. 1861, ed. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde. E. Schweizerbart. p. 473.
↑ Walter G. Joyce (2003). "A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri". PaleoBios 23 (3): 1–8.
↑ "Subclass Chelonomorpha Kuhn, 1960". Paleofile.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.

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Triassic period	Odontochelys Proganochelys

Jurassic period	Basilochelys Caribemys Condorchelys Dinochelys Dorsetochelys Eileanchelys Eurysternum Hispaniachelys Kayentachelys Palaeomedusa Sinaspideretes Thalassemys Uluops

Cretaceous period	Allopleuron Angolachelys Anomalochelys Araripemys Archelon Bouiachelys Caririemys Cearachelys Chelosphargis Chupacabrachelys Compsemys Corsochelys Cratochelone Ctenochelys Desmatochelys Emarginachelys Foxemys Gigantatypus Gilmoremys Glyptops Jiangxichelys Kinkonychelys Kirgizemys Kurmademys Liaochelys Notochelone Ocepechelon Pappigerus Paracryptodira Patagoniaemys Polysternon Pleurosternon Prochelidella Protostega Pneumatoarthrus Sankuchemys Santanachelys Sinemys Terlinguachelys Toxochelys Trionyx kansaiensis

Paleogene and Neogene period	Acherontemys Allaeochelys Anosteira Arabemys Argillochelys Aurorachelys Baenidae Berruchelus Carbonemys Carolinochelys Cedrobaena Chelodina murrayi Chelydrops Chelydropsis Chisternon Colossochelys Cosmochelys Crossochelys Eochelone Eosphargis Euclastes Gamerabaena Glarichelys Hadrianus Hesperotestudo Hutchemys Itilochelys Kinosternon pojoaque Macrocephalochelys Manchurochelys Meiolania Meiolaniidae Mesodermochelys Mexichelys Miocaretta Niolamia Ninjemys Pacifichelys Palaeotrionyx Palatobaena Parahydraspis Peckemys Planiplastron Plesiobaena Procolpochelys Protochelydra Protosphargis Protostegidae Psephophorus Puppigerus Stupendemys Stylemys Syllomus Thalassochelys Warkalania

Recent	Cylindraspis species: Domed Mauritius giant tortoise Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise Réunion giant tortoise Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise Aldabrachelys abrupta Chelonoidis nigra abingdonii (Lonesome George)

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