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Plesiochelyidae

Extinct family of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Plesiochelyidae are an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia originally classified within the Cryptodira suborder, mostly belonging from the Jurassic period.[1] An alternate study placed the clade Thalassochelydia in the Angolachelonia and outside the Testudines.[3]

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Plesiochelyidae
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, Oxfordian–Tithonian
Holotype carapace and plastron of Plesiochelys etalloni (previously Emy etalloni). Mount is situated upside-down.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: †Thalassochelydia
Family: †Plesiochelyidae
Baur, 1888
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Palaeoecology

Phosphatic δ18O values indicate that plesiochelyids were inhabitants of coastal marine environments.[4]

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