Tasbacka

Tasbacka
Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene, 59–54 Ma
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T. danica fossil from the Fur Formation
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
Family:Cheloniidae
Tribe:Cheloniini
Genus:Tasbacka
Nessov, 1987
Type species
Tasbacka aldabergeni
Nessov, 1987
Other species
  • Tasbacka danica Karl & Madsen, 2012
  • Tasbacka ouledabdounensis Tong & Hirayama, 2002
  • Tasbacka ruhoffi (Weems, 1988)
  • Tasbacka salisburgensis (Karl, 1996)

Tasbacka is an extinct genus of sea turtle containing several species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Karl, H.-V. & Madsen, H. (2012): Tasbacka danica n. sp., A new Eocene marine turtle of Denmark (Testudines: Chelonioidea).- Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4: 193-204.


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