Palaeomedusa
Extinct genus of turtles
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Palaeomedusa testa is an extinct species of thalassochelydian turtle from the Tithonian of the Late Jurassic (145.5 to 150.8 million years ago).[1] It was first described by the German palaeontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1860.[2] It is the only species classified under the genus Palaeomedusa.[3]
| Palaeomedusa Temporal range: Late Jurassic, | |
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| Palaeomedusa testa fossil at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomedusa |
| Species: | †P. testa |
| Binomial name | |
| †Palaeomedusa testa Meyer, 1860 | |
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