Eurysternum

Eurysternum is an extinct genus of thalassochelydian turtle.^[1] Its type species is Eurysternum wagleri,^[2] the holotype of which has since been lost and only survives in illustrations.^[3]

Eurysternum Temporal range: Kimmeridgian ~155–150 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil in Bürgermeister Müller Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Thalassochelydia
Family:	†Eurysternidae
Genus:	†Eurysternum Meyer, 1839
Species
E. wagleri Meyer, 1839
Synonyms
Acichelys Meyer, 1854

Fossil in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Formerly assigned species

Eurysternum ignoratum Bram, 1965 is a junior synonym of Thalassemys hughii.^[4] The Late Jurassic species Eurysternum neuquinum Fernandez and de la Fuente, 1988, described from marine deposits in Argentina, is now placed in its own genus Neusticemys.^[5]