Polysternon
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| Polysternon | |
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| File:Polysternon provinciale skull.JPG | |
| A fossil skull of Polysternon provinciale. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Pleurodira |
| Family: | †Bothremydidae |
| Subtribe: | †Foxemydina |
| Genus: | †Polysternon Portis 1882 |
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Polysternon is a genus of turtles in the extinct family Bothremydidae. It was described by Portis in 1882, and contains the species P. provinciale (originally placed in the genus Pleurosternon), which existed during the Cretaceous of what is now France[1] and a new species, P. isonae, from the Late Maastrichtian of Spain.
The species epithet of P. isonae refers to the municipality Isona i Conca Dellà in Catalonia, where the type specimen was discovered in the Tremp Formation.[2]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Polysternon provinciale Matheron, 1869
- Polysternon isonae Marmi et al., 2012
Distribution
[edit | edit source]Fossils of Polysternon have been found in:[3]
References
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- ^ Polysternon at Fossilworks.org
External links
[edit | edit source]- Polysternon at the Paleobiology Database
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