Eurysternum

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Eurysternum
Temporal range: Late Jurassic
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Eurysternum cf. wagleri at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin.
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Eurysternidae
Genus: †Eurysternum
Meyer, 1839
Species
  • E. wagleri Meyer, 1839
  • E.? neuquinum Fernandez & Fuente, 1988
Synonyms
  • Acichelys Meyer, 1854

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Eurysternum is an extinct genus of sea turtle. Its type species is Eurysternum wagleri,[1] the holotype of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations.[2]

Eurysternum ignoratum Bram, 1965, formerly assigned to this genus, is a junior synonym of Thalassemys hughii.[3]

References

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  3. J. Anquetin, C. Puntener, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2014. A taxonomic review of the Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles from the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France). PeerJ 2:e369

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