Jurassichelon

Jurassichelon
Temporal range: Tithonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Thalassochelydia
Genus: Jurassichelon
Pérez García, 2015
Type species
Jurassichelon oleronensis

Jurassichelon is an extinct genus of basal eucryptodiran turtle that inhabited France during the early Tithonian stage of the Late Jurassic epoch. It is known from a single species, J. oleronensis.[1]

  1. ^ Pérez-García, Adán (8 May 2015). "New data on the poorly-known European Late Jurassic turtles "Thalassemys" and "Enaliochelys" and description of a new basal eucryptodiran taxon". Journal of Iberian Geology. 41 (1). doi:10.5209/rev_JIGE.2015.v41.n1.48652. ISSN 1886-7995. Retrieved 7 October 2024.