Eurysternidae is an
extinct
Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
family of
turtle
Turtles are reptiles of the order (biology), order Testudines, characterized by a special turtle shell, shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups, the Pleurodira (side necked turtles) and Crypt ...
s in the clade
Thalassochelydia. It consists of several genera of marine turtles from marine deposits in Europe, including ''
Achelonia'', ''
Chelonides'', ''
Eurysternum''. ''
Hydropelta'', ''
Chelonides'', ''
Idiochelys'', ''
Palaeomedusa'', ''
Parachelys''. and ''
Solnhofia''.
References
Thalassochelydia
†
Late Jurassic turtles
Late Jurassic reptiles of Europe
Taxa named by Louis Dollo
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