Biology:Eurysternidae
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Short description: Extinct family of turtles
Eurysternidae | |
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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
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q20686874 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurysternidae.
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