Osteopygis

<i>Osteopygis</i>

Osteopygis

Extinct genus of turtles

Osteopygis is a genus of extinct turtle.[2] Osteopygis, as traditionally seen, is a chimera: the postcrania (including the holotype) belong to a non-marine stem-cryptodire, whilst the crania belong to sea turtles. In 2005, the referred material was split between two taxa: the postcrania remained in Osteopygis, while the crania were reassigned to Euclastes wielandi.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Gentry, A.D.; Kiernan, C.R.; Parham, J.F. (2022). "A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American "Macrobaenids"". The Anatomical Record. doi:10.1002/ar.25054.
  2. [2]
    "†Osteopygis Cope 1868". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  3. [3]
    A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA)


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