Palaeomedusa
Palaeomedusa testa is an extinct species of sea turtle from the Tithonian of the Late Jurassic (145.5 to 150.8 million years ago). It was first described by the German palaeontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1860. It is the only species classified under the genus Palaeomedusa.[1]
| Palaeomedusa | |
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| Palaeomedusa testa fossil at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomedusa |
| Species: | †P. testa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeomedusa testa Meyer, 1860 | |
| Synonyms | |
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See also
References
- Walter G. Joyce (2003). "A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01.
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