Uluops

Uluops is an extinct genus of paracryptodire turtle from the Late Jurassic (Tithonian) of North America. The type and only species is Uluops uluops, which is known from a single skull from the Morrison Formation.^[1][2]

Uluops Temporal range: Late Jurassic 150.8–145.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
3D render of the skull
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Pantestudines
Clade:	Testudinata
Clade:	†Paracryptodira
Family:	†Pleurosternidae
Genus:	†Uluops Carpenter and Bakker, 1990
Species:	†U. uluops
Binomial name
†Uluops uluops Carpenter and Bakker, 1990

See also

• Paleontology portal

• Paleobiota of the Morrison Formation