Biology:Eurysternidae

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Short description: Extinct family of turtles

Eurysternidae
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian–Tithonian
Eurysternum.jpg
Scientific classification e
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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 (2): 317–369. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. https://doc.rero.ch/record/305668/files/joy_rfr.pdf. 

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