Compsemydidae

Compsemydidae
Temporal range: Berriasian–Thanetian Possible Late Jurassic records
Fossil of Peltochelys duchastelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: †Paracryptodira
Family: †Compsemydidae
Pérez-García et al., 2015
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Compsemydidae is an extinct family of turtles, likely belonging to the clade Paracryptodira. The earliest undisputed member is Tongemys from the Berriasian age of the Early Cretaceous; two Late Jurassic genera (Riodevemys and Selenemys) have also sometimes been included in the group,[1] but may alternatively be members of the family Pleurosternidae.[2] The genus Compsemys survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event and lasted until the Thanetian age of the Paleocene.[3]

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