Allopleuron

Allopleuron
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Fossil specimen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Cheloniidae
Subfamily:†Allopleuroninae
Genus:†Allopleuron
Type species
†Allopleuron hofmanni (Gray, 1831)[1]

Allopleuron hofmanni was a giant primitive 2-to-2.5-metre (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in) long sea turtle, now extinct. It is a basal member of the superfamily Chelonioidea closely related to Toxochelys.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ Gray, J.E. (1831), Synopsis Reptilium, Part I: 54 and 79
  2. ↑ Jones MEH, Werneburg I, Curtis N, Penrose R, O’Higgins P, et al. (2012) The Head and Neck Anatomy of Sea Turtles (Cryptodira: Chelonioidea) and Skull Shape in Testudines. PLoS ONE 7(11): e47852. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047852


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