Allopleuron

Allopleuron; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Oligocene; 94.3–28.4 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Subfamily:	†Allopleuroninae
Genus:	†Allopleuron; Baur, 1888
Type species
	Chelonia hofmanni; Gray, 1831
Species
	†A. hofmanni (Gray, 1831); †A. insulare (Cope, 1872); †A. lipsiense Karl, 2007; †A. qazaqstanense Karl et al., 2012;

Allopleuron (meaning "other side") is a genus of extinct sea turtle, which measured 2-to-2.5-metre (6 ft 7 in to 8 ft 2 in) long in life. The type species is Allopleuron hofmanni. It is a basal member of the clade Pancheloniidae,^[3] closely related to Protosphargis. Similar to Protosphargis, it was characterized by shell reduction.^[4]

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^ Hirayama, Ren (2005). "SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF PROTOSPHARGIS VERONENSIS CAPELLINI, AN ENIGMATIC SEA TURTLE FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF ITALY". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (25): 70A.

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[2] Gray, J.E. (1831), Synopsis Reptilium, Part I: 54 and 79

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[4] Hirayama, Ren (2005). "SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF PROTOSPHARGIS VERONENSIS CAPELLINI, AN ENIGMATIC SEA TURTLE FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS OF ITALY". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (25): 70A.

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