Hylaeochelys

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Hylaeochelys
Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous, Tithonian–Berriasian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Thalassochelydia
Family: Plesiochelyidae
Genus: Hylaeochelys
Lydekker, 1889
Type species
Pleurosternon latiscutatum
Species
  • H. latiscutata(Owen, 1853)
  • H. belli(Mantell, 1844)
  • H. kappaPérez-García & Ortega, 2014
Synonyms
  • Archaeochelys ? Bergounioux, 1938
  • Chelone belliMantell, 1844
  • Hylaeochelys emarginataLydekker, 1899 (Owen, 1853)
  • Plastremys lataOwen, 1881
  • Pleurosternon emarginatumOwen, 1853
  • Pleurosternon koeneniGrabbe, 1884
  • Pleurosternon latiscutatumOwen, 1853

Hylaeochelys is an extinct genus of plesiochelyid turtle that lived during the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous in Portugal, Spain, France, and southern England. The type species was originally named by Richard Owen as Pleurosternon latiscutatum in 1853, [1] before being moved to the new genus Hylaeochelys by Richard Lydekker in 1889. [2] Other species included in the genus are H. belli, [3] H. kappa [4] and H. lata, originally named under different genera by Gideon Mantell and Owen, respectively. All species are represented by carapaces, primarily from the Lulworth Formation of the Purbeck Limestone Group that was deposited during the Berriasian. [5]

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References

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  2. R. Lydekker. 1889. On certain chelonian remains from the Wealden and Purbeck. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 45:511-518
  3. R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
  4. A. Pérez-García and F. Ortega. 2014. A new species of the turtle Hylaeochelys (Eucryptodira) outside its known geographic and stratigraphic ranges of distribution. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(3):183-188
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