Plastomeninae Temporal range:
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Plastomenus sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Family: | Trionychidae |
Subfamily: | †Plastomeninae Hay, 1902 |
Genera | |
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Plastomeninae is an extinct subfamily of softshell turtles that inhabited most of North America from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Members of this subfamily are also known as plastomenines.