Thalassemys bruntrutana Puntener et al. 2015 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

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Full reference: C. Puntener, J. Anquetin, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2015. Thalassemys bruntrutana n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle from the Late Jurassic of Porrentruy (Switzerland), and the paleobiogeography of the Thalassemydidae. PeerJ 3:e1282:1-28

Belongs to Thalassemys according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2021

See also Anquetin et al. 2017 and Puntener et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Thalassemys carva, Thalassemys hugii

Type specimen: MJSN SCR011-87, a partial skeleton (carapace and plastron+left scapula). Its type locality is Sur Combe Ronde (Lower Virgula Marls), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine marl in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Germany (1 collection), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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