Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae is an extinct family of turtles.[1] They are definitively known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretacous.(Albian)[2]
| Pleurosternidae | |
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| Dorsetochelys skull | |
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| Pleurosternon | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
| Superfamily: | †Baenoidea |
| Family: | †Pleurosternidae Cope, 1868 |
Genera
- Ballerstedtia[3]
- Desmemys[3]
- Dinochelys[3]
- Dorsetochelys[3]
- Glyptops[3]
- Pleurosternon[3]
- Riodevemys[3]
- Selenemys[3]
- Toremys[3]
References
- "Pleurosternidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
- Joyce, Walter G.; Anquetin, Jérémy (October 2019). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Nonbaenid Turtles of the Clade Paracryptodira". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 60 (2): 129–155. doi:10.3374/014.060.0204. ISSN 0079-032X.
- "Pleurosternidae". Fossilworks. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
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