Syllomus Explained

Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.

Taxonomy

Two species are known, Syllomus aegyptiacus (Lydekker, 1889) and S. crispatus Cope, 1896.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Lapparent de Broin (2001) considers Trachyaspis a possible senior synonym of Syllomus.^[5]

External links

• Syllomus at the Paleobiology Database

Notes and References

1. Cope . E. D. . Edward Drinker Cope . 1896 . Sixth contributions to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America . Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society . 35 . 151 . 139–146 . 983259 .
2. Lydekker R.A. (1889). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). III, Chelonia. 239 pp. British Museum (Natural History), London.
3. Weems . R. E. . 1974 . Middle Miocene sea turtles (Syllomus, Procolpochelys, Psephophorus) from the Calvert Formation . . 48 . 278–303 .
4. Weems . R. E. . 1980 . Syllomus aegyptiacus, a Miocene pseudodont sea turtle . . 1980 . 4 . 621–625 . 10.2307/1444438 . 1444438 .
5. Lapparent de Broin . F. de . 2001 . The European turtle fauna from the Triassic to the present . Dumerilia . 4 . 155–218 .