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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Plesiochelyidae is referenced by 110 other articles, and connects out to Testudinata, Testudines and Cryptodira.
It is catalogued under topics including Late Jurassic turtles, Thalassochelydia and Turtle families.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Plesiochelyidae
- Collections
- UCMP, NRM
- Recorded in
- Ethiopia, Switzerland
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Cryptodira
- Image
- Plesiochelys holotype.png
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- taxon name
- Plesiochelyidae
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Palaeoecology
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Plesiochelyidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.