Thalassemys
Thalassemys Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
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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 |
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 generically distinct from T. hugii.[1]
References
- ↑ 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
- Rieppel, O. (1980). "The skull of the Upper Jurassic cryptodire turtle Thalassemys, with a reconsideration of the chelonian braincase". Palaeontogr. Abt. A. 171: 105–140.
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