Neusticemys
Appearance
Neusticemys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
Genus: | †Neusticemys Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1993 |
Type species | |
Eurysternum neuquina Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988
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Neusticemys is an extinct genus of sea turtle. Its type species is Neusticemys neuquina.
Neusticemys was originally described as a new species of Eurysternum, but was later assigned to its own genus in 1993.[1][2]
References
- ^ Fernández, M.S. y de la Fuente, M.S. 1988. Nueva tortuga (Cryptodira: Thalassemydidae) de la Formación Vaca Muerta (Jurásico, Tithoniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina. Ameghiniana 25: 129-138.
- ^ M. S. Fernandez and M. S. de la Fuente. 1993. Las tortugas casiquélidias de las calizas litográficas titonianas del área Los Catutos Argentina. Ameghiniana 30(3):283-295.