Compsemydidae
Extinct family of turtles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Compsemydidae is an extinct family of turtles, likely belonging to the clade Paracryptodira. The earliest undisputed member is Tongemys from the Berriasian age of the Early Cretaceous; two Late Jurassic genera (Riodevemys and Selenemys) have also sometimes been included in the group,[1] but may alternatively be members of the family Pleurosternidae.[2] The genus Compsemys survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event and lasted until the Thanetian age of the Paleocene.[3]
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Compsemydidae | |
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Fossil of Peltochelys duchastelii | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pantestudines |
Clade: | Testudinata |
Clade: | †Paracryptodira |
Family: | †Compsemydidae Pérez-García et al., 2015 |
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