Thalassemys

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

T. hugii Rutimeyer, 1858
T. marina Fraas, 1903
T. heusseri Oertel, 1925
T. bruntrutana Püntener et al., 2015

Thalassemys is genus of a Late Jurassic fossil sea turtle from Western and Central Europe.

The species "Thalassemys" moseri was assigned to this genus, but is actually generically distinct from T. hugii.[1]

References

  1. J. Anquetin, C. Puntener, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2014. A taxonomic review of the Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles from the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France). PeerJ 2:e369
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