Adocus beatus
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| Adocus beatus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous - Oligocene,
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| Shell of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Adocidae |
| Genus: | †Adocus |
| Species: | †A. beatus
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| †Adocus beatus Leidy 1865
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Adocus beatus is an extinct species of aquatic turtles belonging to the family Adocidae.
Description
Adocus beatus had flattened and smoothly contoured shells with horny sculptured plates. The shells could reach a length of about 80 cm.
Distribution
These turtles have been found in Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States.
References
- The Paleobiology Database
- Paleocene Mammals
- Recently Collected Specimen of Adocus
- E.V. Syromyatnikova and I.G. Danilov NEW MATERIAL AND A REVISION OF TURTLES OF THE GENUS ADOCUS (ADOCIDAE) FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF MIDDLE ASIA AND KAZAKHSTAN
- Yale Digital Content
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