Plesiochelys

Plesiochelys etalloni
Temporal range: Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian[1]
Holotype shell of Plesiochelys. The shell is mounted upside-down
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Infraorder: Eucryptodira
(unranked): Plesiochelyidae
Genus: Plesiochelys
Rütimeyer, 1873
Species: P. etalloni
Binomial name
Emys etalloni
Pictet & Humbert, 1857
Other species

Plesiochelys bigleri
Püntener, Anquetin & Billon-Bruyat, 2017[2]

Synonyms[1]
  • Emys etalloni Pictet & Humbert, 1857
  • Plesiochelys solodurensis Rütimeyer, 1873
  • Plesiochelys sanctaeverenae Rütimeyer, 1873
  • Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer, 1873

Plesiochelys is a genus of late Jurassic European and Asian turtle. The type and sole currently valid species is P. etalloni.[1]

Fossil of Plesiochelys

References

  1. 1 2 3 Anquetin, J. R. M.; Deschamps, S.; Claude, J. (2014). "The rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni". PeerJ. 2: e258. doi:10.7717/peerj.258. PMC 3932733. PMID 24688842.
  2. ↑ Christian Püntener; Jérémy Anquetin; Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat (2017). "The comparative osteology of Plesiochelys bigleri n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland)". PeerJ. 5: e3482. doi:10.7717/peerj.3482. PMC 5493033. PMID 28674653.

Sources

  • Gaffney, Eugene S. "A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum Novitates; no. 2574." (1975).


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.