Plesiochelys

Plesiochelys etalloni Temporal range: Jurassic, Kimmeridgian–Tithonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Holotype shell of Plesiochelys. The shell is mounted upside-down
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Infraorder:	Eucryptodira
(unranked):	Plesiochelyidae
Genus:	Plesiochelys Rütimeyer, 1873
Species:	P. etalloni
Binomial name
Emys etalloni Pictet & Humbert, 1857
Synonyms
Emys etalloni Pictet & Humbert, 1857 Plesiochelys solodurensis Rütimeyer, 1873 Plesiochelys sanctaeverenae Rütimeyer, 1873 Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer, 1873

Plesiochelys is a genus of late Jurassic European and Asian turtle. The type and sole currently valid species is P. etalloni.