Eurysternum
Extinct genus of turtles
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Eurysternum is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian turtle.[1] Its type species is Eurysternum wagleri,[2] the holotype of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations.[3]
| Eurysternum Temporal range: Kimmeridgian ~ | |
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| Fossil in Bürgermeister Müller Museum | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Family: | †Eurysternidae |
| Genus: | †Eurysternum Meyer, 1839 |
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Formerly assigned species
Eurysternum ignoratum Bram, 1965 is a junior synonym of Thalassemys hughii.[4] The Late Jurassic species Eurysternum neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988, described from marine deposits in Argentina, is now placed in its own genus Neusticemys.[5]
