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†Thalassemys Rütimeyer 1859 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Synonym: Parathalassemys Nessov and Krassevskaya 1984

Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to W. G. Joyce et al. 2021

See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2017, Bräm 1965, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, Joyce 2007, Karl et al. 2012, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Lydekker 1889, Mateus et al. 2009, Milner 2004, Parham and Hutchison 2003, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García 2015, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Puntener et al. 2015, Puntener et al. 2014, Rütimeyer 1873 and Sukhanov 2000

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

Subtaxa: Thalassemys bruntrutana Thalassemys carva Thalassemys hugii

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (1 collection)

• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (4), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences

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