Neusticemys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neusticemys is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian sea turtle. Its type species is Eurysternum neuquinum. It is known from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) aged Vaca Muerta of Patagonia, Argentina
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Neusticemys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
Family: | †Thalassemydidae |
Genus: | †Neusticemys Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1993 |
Type species | |
Eurysternum neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988 |
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Neusticemys was originally described as a new species of Eurysternum, but was later assigned to its own genus in 1993.[1][2]