Neusticemys
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Extinct genus of turtles
| Neusticemys | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
| Genus: | †Neusticemys Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Eurysternum neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988
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Neusticemys is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian sea turtle. Its type species is Eurysternum neuquinum. It is known from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) aged Vaca Muerta of Patagonia, Argentina
Neusticemys was originally described as a new species of Eurysternum , but was later assigned to its own genus in 1993.[1] [2]
References
[edit ]- ^ Fernández, M.S. y de la Fuente, M.S. 1988. Nueva tortuga (Cryptodira: Thalassemydidae) de la Formación Vaca Muerta (Jurásico, Tithoniano) de la Provincia del Neuquén, Argentina. Ameghiniana 25: 129-138.
- ^ M. S. Fernandez and M. S. de la Fuente. 1993. Las tortugas casiquélidias de las calizas litográficas titonianas del área Los Catutos Argentina. Ameghiniana 30(3):283-295.
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