Thalassemys

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Thalassemys
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines (=Chelonii)
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Thalassemydidae
Genus: Thalassemys
Rutimeyer, 1858
Type species
Thalassemys hugii
Rutimeyer, 1858
Species

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Thalassemys is genus of a Late Jurassic fossil sea turtle. It includes the following species:

  • Thalassemys hugii Rutimeyer, 1858
  • Thalassemys maseri Bram, 1965
  • Thalassemys heusseri Oertel, 1925
  • Thalassemys morinica Sauvage, 1889

References

  • Rieppel, O. (1980). "The skull of the Upper Jurassic cryptodire turtle Thalassemys, with a reconsideration of the chelonian braincase". Palaeontogr. Abt. A 171: 105140. 


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