A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys

Title Variants

Alternative: Jurassic turtles

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 2574

By

Gaffney, Eugene S.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1975

Notes

Title from caption.

"May 9, 1975."

"A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic chelonian family Plesiochelyidae recognizes two valid genera: Plesiochelys RuМ€timeyer and Portlandemys, new. The genera Craspedochelys RuМ€timeyer and Stegochelys Lydekker are junior synonyms of Plesiochelys, whereas Plesiochelys jaccardi, P. solodurensis, and P. sanctaeverenae are synonymized with Plesiochelys etalloni. The British Plesiochelys planiceps and the central European Plesiochelys etalloni, both represented by cranial material, are the only species of this genus recognized here. Portlandemys mcdowelli, new genus and species, is proposed for the specimens referred to by Parsons and Williams as the 'Portland skulls'"--P. [1].

Subjects

Europe , Jurassic , Paleontology , Plesiochelys , Portlandemys , Reptiles, Fossil , Turtles, Fossil

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.2574, 1975

Language

English

Identifiers

LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/75319249
OCLC: 1383090