Helochelydridae

Helochelydridae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Late Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Testudinata
Family:	†Helochelydridae; Nopsca, 1928
Synonyms[1]
	Solemydidae Lapparent and Murelaga 1997

Helochelydridae is an extinct family of turtles known from fossils found in North America and Europe that have been dated from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous.^[1]^[2] Although referred to as Solemydidae in recent literature on extinct turtles, Helochelydridae has priority over Solemydidae.^[3]

Genera

Four genera have been included in the family:^[1]

References

1 2 3 "†Helochelydridae Nopsca 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
↑ Joyce WG; Rabi M; Clark JM; Xu X. (2016). "A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 236. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0762-5.
↑ Joyce, Walter G. (2017). "A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (1): 65–113. Retrieved July 9, 2017.

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[fossilworks-1] 1 2 3 "†Helochelydridae Nopsca 1928". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 10 July 2017.

[Joyce2016-2] Joyce WG; Rabi M; Clark JM; Xu X. (2016). "A toothed turtle from the Late Jurassic of China and the global biogeographic history of turtles". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16: 236. doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0762-5.

[Joyc17-3] Joyce, Walter G. (2017). "A review of the fossil record of basal Mesozoic turtles" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (1): 65–113. Retrieved July 9, 2017.