Plesiochelys
Plesiochelys etalloni Temporal range: Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian[1] | |
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Holotype shell of Plesiochelys. The shell is mounted upside-down | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Infraorder: | Eucryptodira |
(unranked): | Plesiochelyidae |
Genus: | Plesiochelys Rütimeyer, 1873 |
Species: | P. etalloni |
Binomial name | |
Emys etalloni Pictet & Humbert, 1857 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Plesiochelys is a genus of late Jurassic European turtle. The type and sole currently valid species is P. etalloni.[1]
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Fossil of Plesiochelys
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Anquetin, J. R. M.; Deschamps, S.; Claude, J. (2014). "The rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni". PeerJ 2: e258. doi:10.7717/peerj.258. PMC 3932733. PMID 24688842.
Further Reading
- Gaffney, Eugene S. "A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum novitates; no. 2574." (1975).
External Links
- Plesiochelys at the Encyclopedia of Life