Glossochelys
Appearance
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Glossochelys Temporal range: Eocene,
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Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Genus: | †Glossochelys Seeley, 1871 |
Species: | †G. planimentum
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Binomial name | |
†Glossochelys planimentum Owen, 1842
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Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae[1] that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842.[2] The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley.[3] It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Hirayama, Ren; Tong, Haiyan (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..845H. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
- ^ R. Owen. (1841). Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578
- ^ Seeley, Harry G. - Continued. (1871). A Note on Professor Cope's interpretation of the ichthyosaurian head. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii, pp. 256-268: 369
- ^ E. D. Cope. (1870). Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235