Allopleuron | |
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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 | |
Species[1] | |
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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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