Syllomus

Extinct genus of turtles From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Testudines
Suborder:Cryptodira
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Syllomus
Temporal range: Miocene
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: †Syllomus
Cope 1896
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Taxonomy

Two species are known, Syllomus aegyptiacus (Lydekker, 1889) and S. crispatus Cope, 1896.[1][2][3][4] Lapparent de Broin (2001) considers Trachyaspis a possible senior synonym of Syllomus.[5]

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