Eurysternum Meyer 1839 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: H. v. Meyer. 1839. Zu meiner nun vor fast zehn Jahren gemachten und unausgesetzt verfolgten Entdeckung... [On my constantly pursued discovery, now made almost ten years ago...]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrfaktenkunde 1839:76-79

Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to W. G. Joyce and M. Mäuser 2020

See also Anquetin and Joyce 2014, Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2017, Bräm 1965, Carroll 1988, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, Fernandez and de la Fuente 1988, Joyce 2003, Karl et al. 2012, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996 and Lortet 1892

Sister taxa: Achelonia, Acichelys approximata, Euryaspis radians, Eurysternidae, Hylaeochelys, Jurassichelon, Neusticemys, Plesiochelyidae, Plesiochelys oblonga, Plesiochelys pumilio, Solnhofia, Thalassemys, Thalassemys heusseri, Tropidemys, Tropidemys morinica

Subtaxa: Eurysternum neuquinum Eurysternum wagleri

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Type: Eurysternum wagleri

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (2 collections), France (2), Germany (9)

Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence

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