Allopleuron
Sign in to saveAllopleuron (meaning "other side") is a genus of extinct sea turtle, which measured long in life. The type species is Allopleuron hofmanni. It is a basal member of the clade Pancheloniidae, closely related to Protosphargis. Similar to Protosphargis, it was characterized by shell reduction.
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- taxon name
- Allopleuron
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- Allopleuron
- start time
- 94300000-0
- end time
- 28400000-0
- time period
- Late Cretaceous
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Allopleuron (meaning "other side") is a genus of extinct sea turtle, which measured long in life. The type species is Allopleuron hofmanni. It is a basal member of the clade Pancheloniidae, closely related to Protosphargis. Similar to Protosphargis, it was characterized by shell reduction.
== Fossil history == thumb|left thumb|upright|right|Top view Allopleuron lived from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian age, 94.3 Ma) to the Oligocene (Rupelian age, 28.4 Ma), therefore surviving the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. Fossils have been found from Germany, the Netherlands, Kazakhstan and the United States.
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