Puppigerus

Puppigerus
Temporal range: Eocene, 50 Ma[1]
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P. camperi fossil on display at the Teylers Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: Pancheloniidae
Genus: †Puppigerus
Cope 1870
Species
  • †P. breviceps (Owen, 1841)
  • †P. camperi (Gray, 1831)
  • †P. grandaevus (Leidy, 1861)
  • †P. parvisecta Cope, 1870

Puppigerus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Eocene. It is known from finds in the United States, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, and Uzbekistan.[2]

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