Biology:Dortokidae
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Short description: Extinct family of turtles
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Clade: | Pan-Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Dortokidae Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 |
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Dortokidae is an extinct family of freshwater pan-pleurodiran turtles, known from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Europe. Only four species have been named, but indeterminate fossils show that they were abundant across western and eastern-central Europe during the Cretaceous. The family is only known from postcranial remains.[1]
Genera
- Eodortoka Pérez-García, Gasulla, and Ortega 2014[2] Wessex Formation, United Kingdom Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian)[3] Arcillas de Morella Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
- Dortoka Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 Laño site, Spain, (probably also present in southern France) Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Sînpetru Formation, Romania, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
- Ronella Lapparent de Broin in Gheerbrant et al. 1999 Jibou Formation, Romania Paleocene (Thanetian) (alternatively considered a species of Dortoka)
An indeterminate dortokid is also known from the Hauterivian-Barremian aged El Castellar Formation in Spain.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pérez-García, A.; Cobos, A.; Royo-Torres, R. (2017-06-01). "The oldest evidence of a dortokid turtle (stem Pleurodira) from the uppermost Hauterivian-basal Barremian El Castellar Formation (Teruel, Spain)" (in en). Journal of Iberian Geology 43 (2): 139–146. doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0013-7. ISSN 1886-7995. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41513-017-0013-7.
- ↑ Pérez-García, A.; Gasulla, J.M.; Ortega, F. (2014-03-01). "Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe" (in en). Cretaceous Research 48: 130–138. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004. ISSN 0195-6671. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667113001985.
- ↑ Jacobs, M. L.; Pérez-García, A.; Martín-Jiménez, M.; Mottram, C. M.; Martill, D. M.; Gale, A. S.; Mattsson, O.; Wood, C. (2023). "A well preserved pan-pleurodiran (Dortokidae) turtle from the English Lower Cretaceous and the first radiometric date for the Wessex Formation (Hauterivian-Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom". Cretaceous Research: 105590. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105590.
Wikidata ☰ Q16550582 entry
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