Pleurosternon
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Pleurosternon Temporal range: 161.2–99.6 Ma Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous |
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| Pleurosternon (ovatum) bullocki fossil | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sauropsida |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Pleurosternidae |
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Pleurosternon Owen, 1853 |
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Pleurosternon is an extinct genus of cryptodire turtle from the late Jurassic period to the early Cretaceous period. Its type species, P. bullocki was described by the paleontologist Richard Owen (noted for coining the word Dinosauria) in 1853. Since then, and throughout the late 19th century, many fossil turtles were incorrectly assigned to this genus.
Pleurosternon fossils were first described by Richard Owen in 1841 under the living genus Platemys. It was not until 1853 however, that it was published under the name Pleurosternon in a paper Owen presented to the Palaeontographical Society.
Cladogram after Tyler R. Lyson and Walter G. Joyce (2009).
Pleurosternon bullocki
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