Plesiochelyidae

Plesiochelyidae

Plesiochelyidae

Extinct family of turtles

The Plesiochelyidae are an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia originally classified within the Cryptodira suborder, mostly belonging from the Jurassic period.[1] An alternate study placed the clade Thalassochelydia in the Angolachelonia and outside the Testudines.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    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. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. S2CID 31091127.
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    Milner, A.R. (2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England" (PDF). Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467. Bibcode:2004Palgy..47.1441M. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00418.x.
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    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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