Idiochelys
Extinct genus of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Idiochelys is a genus of Late Jurassic turtle from marine deposits in the Jura Mountains of eastern France and Bavaria, Germany.
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Idiochelys | |
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Fossil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Thalassochelydia |
Family: | †Eurysternidae |
Genus: | †Idiochelys von Meyer, 1839 |
Type species | |
Idiochelys fitzingeri von Meyer, 1839 |
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Idiochelys wagneri, Chelonemys plana, and Chelonemys ovata are junior synonyms, the latter two being described from specimens in the Ain Department of southeastern France. Distinguishing features of Idiochelys include an oval/rounded carapace, broad vertebrals, a long tail, and a reduced manual phalangeal formula (2-2-3-3-3).[1]