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]
| Jurassichelon Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Genus: | †Jurassichelon Pérez García, 2015 |
| Type species | |
| Jurassichelon oleronensis | |
References
edit- ^ 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.