Plesiochelys
| Plesiochelys etalloni Temporal range: Jurassic,
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| Holotype shell of Plesiochelys. The shell is mounted upside-down | |
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| Genus: | Plesiochelys Rütimeyer, 1873
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| Species: | P. etalloni
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| Emys etalloni Pictet & Humbert, 1857
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Plesiochelys is a genus of late Jurassic European and Asian turtle. The type and sole currently valid species is P. etalloni.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Anquetin, J. R. M.; Deschamps, S.; Claude, J. (2014). "The rediscovery and redescription of the holotype of the Late Jurassic turtle Plesiochelys etalloni". PeerJ. 2: e258. doi:10.7717/peerj.258. PMC 3932733. PMID 24688842.
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Sources
- Gaffney, Eugene S. "A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum novitates; no. 2574." (1975).
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