Eurysternum

Eurysternum
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:†Eurysternidae
Genus:†Eurysternum
Meyer, 1839
Species
  • E. wagleri Meyer, 1839
Synonyms
  • Acichelys Meyer, 1854

Eurysternum is an extinct genus of sea turtle. Its type species is Eurysternum wagleri,[1] the holotype of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations.[2]

Misassigned species

Eurysternum ignoratum Bram, 1965 is a junior synonym of Thalassemys hughii.[3] The Late Jurassic species Eurysternum neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988, described from marine deposits in Argentina, is now placed in its own genus Neusticemys.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Karl Cäsar von Leonhard. 1861, ed. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde. E. Schweizerbart. p. 473.
  2. ↑ Walter G. Joyce (2003). "A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 1&ndash, 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01.
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ M. S. Fernandez and M. S. de la Fuente. 1993. Las tortugas casiquélidias de las calizas litográficas titonianas del área Los Catutos Argentina. Ameghiniana 30(3):283-295.


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