Plesiochelyidae
Sign in to saveThe Plesiochelyidae are an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia originally classified within the Cryptodira suborder, mostly belonging from the Jurassic period. An alternate study placed the clade Thalassochelydia in the Angolachelonia and outside the Testudines.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Plesiochelyidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NRM
- Recorded in
- Ethiopia, Switzerland
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The Plesiochelyidae are an extinct family of turtles in the clade Thalassochelydia originally classified within the Cryptodira suborder, mostly belonging from the Jurassic period. An alternate study placed the clade Thalassochelydia in the Angolachelonia and outside the Testudines.
== Palaeoecology == Phosphatic δ18O values indicate that plesiochelyids were inhabitants of coastal marine environments.
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