Palaeomedusa testa is an extinct species of thalassochelydian turtle from the Tithonian of the Late Jurassic (145.5 to 150.8 million years ago).[1] It was first described by the German palaeontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1860.[2] It is the only species classified under the genus Palaeomedusa.[3]
| Palaeomedusa Temporal range: Late Jurassic,
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| Palaeomedusa testa fossil at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pantestudines |
| Clade: | Testudinata |
| Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
| Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomedusa |
| Species: | †P. testa
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| †Palaeomedusa testa Meyer, 1860
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ J. Anquetin, C. Puntener, and W. G. Joyce. 2017. A review of the fossil record of turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(3):317-369
- ^ F. A. Quenstedt. 1882. Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde [Handbook of Fossils] viii-1239
- ^ Walter G. Joyce (2003). "A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri" (PDF). PaleoBios. 23 (3): 1–8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-10-01.
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