Anosteira
Extinct genus of turtles
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Anosteira is an extinct genus of carettochelyid turtle from the Eocene to the Oligocene of Asia and North America.
| Anosteira | |
|---|---|
| A. maomingensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Carettochelyidae |
| Subfamily: | †Anosteirinae |
| Genus: | †Anosteira Leidy, 1871 |
Taxonomy
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- Anosteira manchuriana Zangerl, 1947 Liaoning, China, late Eocene
- Anosteira maomingensis Chow and Liu, 1955 Youkanwo Formation, Guangdong, China, Late Eocene
- Anosteira mongoliensis Gilmore, 1931 Inner Mongolia, China, Late Eocene-Oligocene
- Anosteira ornata Leidy, 1871 Bridger Formation, Wyoming, USA, Early Eocene
- Anosteira pulchra (Clark, 1932) Uinta Formation, Utah, USA, Middle Eocene (Lutetian)