Plesiochelyidae

Plesiochelyidae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Oxfordian–Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Holotype carapace and plastron of Plesiochelys etalloni (previously Emy etalloni). Mount is situated upside-down.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Thalassochelydia
Family:	†Plesiochelyidae; Baur, 1888
Genera
	†Craspedochelys; †Plesiochelys; †Portlandemys; †Tropidemys; †Hylaeochelys;

The Plesiochelyidae are an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia originally classified within the Cryptodira suborder, mostly belonging from the Jurassic period.^[2] An alternate study placed the clade Thalassochelydia in the Angolachelonia and outside the Testudines.^[3]

References

^ Milner, A.R. (2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467.
^ ^a ^b Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369.
^ Evers, S. W., & Benson, R. B. (2019). A new phylogenetic hypothesis of turtles with implications for the timing and number of evolutionary transitions to marine lifestyles in the group. Palaeontology, 62(1), 93-134.

[milner2004-1] Milner, A.R. (2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467.

[anquetin2017-2] Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369.

[Evers-3] Evers, S. W., & Benson, R. B. (2019). A new phylogenetic hypothesis of turtles with implications for the timing and number of evolutionary transitions to marine lifestyles in the group. Palaeontology, 62(1), 93-134.

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