Peritresius
Extinct genus of turtles
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Peritresius is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard.
| Peritresius Temporal range: | |
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| P. martini holotype carapace | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Peritresius Baird, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| †Chelone ornata Leidy, 1856 | |
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Taxonomy
Phylogeny
Below is a cladogram from the analysis of Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019:[3]
| Pan-Chelonioidea |
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