Adocidae
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Shell of Adocus punctatus, USA, New Jersey, Cretaceous period, at the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale | |
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Family: | Adocidae Cope 1870
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Adocidae is an extinct family of aquatic and omnivore turtles.
Genera
Distribution
Species of this genus are present in Oligocene of Kazakhstan, Paleocene of United States, Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States, Cretaceous of Canada, Japan, Kazakhstan, Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Thailand, United States and Uzbekistan.
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