Owadowia

Owadowia Temporal range: Tithonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Life restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	† Thalassochelydia
Genus:	† Owadowia Szczygielski et al., 2017
Species:	†O. borsukbialynickae
Binomial name
†Owadowia borsukbialynickae Szczygielski et al., 2017

Owadowia is a genus of extinct thalassochelydian turtle from the Late Jurassic of Poland. The type and only species is Owadowia borsukbialynickae, named by Szczygielski and colleagues in 2017 for a partial lower jaw, coracoid, ilium and femur from the early Tithonian Kcynia Formation. ^[1] The limited material means that it is difficult to compare Owadowia to its relatives, and it may not be a unique taxon. The genus lacks the features diagnostic to its parent clade Thalassochelydia, has similarities to Solnhofia and Portlandemys as well as being a Late Jurassic marine turtle like the remainder of the group. ^[2]

References

1. Szczygielski, Tomasz; Tyborowski, Daniel; Błażejowski, Błażej (2018). "A new pancryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Poland and palaeobiology of early marine turtles". Geological Journal. 53 (3): 1215–1226. Bibcode:2018GeolJ..53.1215S. doi:10.1002/gj.2952. ISSN   0072-1050.
2. Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369. Bibcode:2017BPMNH..58..317A. doi:10.3374/014.058.0205. S2CID   31091127.