Glossochelys

Glossochelys
Temporal range: Eocene,
55.8–48.6 Ma
Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Genus: †Glossochelys
Seeley, 1871
Species:
†G. planimentum
Binomial name
†Glossochelys planimentum
Owen, 1842
Synonyms
Shell of Argillochelys and skull of G. planimentum, at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae[1] that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842.[2] The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley.[3] It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.[4]

  1. ^ Hirayama, Ren; Tong, Haiyan (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..845H. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
  2. ^ R. Owen. (1841). Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578
  3. ^ Seeley, Harry G. - Continued. (1871). A Note on Professor Cope's interpretation of the ichthyosaurian head. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii, pp. 256-268: 369
  4. ^ E. D. Cope. (1870). Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235