Tasbacka

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

Tasbacka
Temporal range: Paleocene-Eocene, 59–54 Ma
T. danica fossil from the Fur Formation
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
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)

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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