Peritresius
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| Peritresius Temporal range:
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| P. martini holotype carapace | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | †Ctenochelyidae |
| Genus: | †Peritresius Baird, 1964 |
| Type species | |
| †Chelone ornata Leidy, 1856
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Peritresius is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]Two species are known, Peritresius ornatus (Leidy, 1856) and P. martini Gentry, Parham, Ehret, and Ebersole, 2018, both from Campanian-Maastrichtian age deposits in New Jersey, Alabama, and Mississippi.[2][1]
Phylogeny
[edit | edit source]Below is a cladogram from the analysis of Gentry, Ebersole & Kiernan, 2019:[3]
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References
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- ^ Leidy J. Notices of remains of extinct turtles of New Jersey collected by Professor Cook of the State Geological Survey. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science, Philadelphia. 1856; 8: 303–304.
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