Eurysternidae
Extinct family of turtles
| Eurysternidae Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Family: | †Eurysternidae Dollo, 1886 |
| Genera[1] | |
Eurysternidae is an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia. It consists of several genera of marine turtles from marine deposits in Europe, including Achelonia, Chelonides, Eurysternum. Hydropelta, Chelonides, Idiochelys, Palaeomedusa, Parachelys. and Solnhofia.[1]
References
- ^ a b Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. S2CID 31091127.
- v
- t
- e
| |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||
|   | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- See also: Angolachelonia
- Ankylopoda
- Mesochelydia
- Perichelydia
Category
 | This article about a prehistoric turtle is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e
