Eurysternum
| Eurysternum Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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| Eurysternum cf. wagleri at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Eurysternidae |
| Genus: | †Eurysternum Meyer, 1839 |
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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" (PDF). PaleoBios 23 (3): 1–8.
- ↑ "Subclass Chelonomorpha Kuhn, 1960". Paleofile.com. Retrieved February 18, 2012.
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