Adocidae
Sign in to saveThe Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles. They are freshwater cryptodiran turtles and are mainly known from Cretaceous and Paleogene Asia and North America.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Adocidae
- Collections
- UCMP, ROM, CM, NCSM
- Recorded in
- United States
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cryptodira
- Image
- Adocidae - Adocus punctatus.jpg
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The Adocidae are an extinct family of aquatic and omnivorous turtles. They are freshwater cryptodiran turtles and are mainly known from Cretaceous and Paleogene Asia and North America.
thumb|240px|right|Skull and shell of Glyptops ornatus, and shell of Adocus beatus
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