Palaeomedusa Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. 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
  2. F. A. Quenstedt. 1882. Handbuch der Petrefaktenkunde [Handbook of Fossils] viii-1239
  3. Walter G. Joyce. 2003. A new Late Jurassic turtle specimen and the taxonomy of Palaeomedusa testa and Eurysternum wagleri. PaleoBios. 23. 3. 1 - 8. https://web.archive.org/web/20151001071809/http://www.geo.uni-tuebingen.de/fileadmin/website/arbeitsbereich/palaeo/biogeologie/Images/Joyce_Publications/3__Joyce_2003.pdf. dead. 2015-10-01.

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