Dorsetochelys

Dorsetochelys
Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: †Paracryptodira
Family: †Pleurosternidae
Genus: †Dorsetochelys
Evans and Kemp, 1976
Species

D. delairi Evans and Kemp, 1976 (type)
D. typocardium (Seeley, 1869)
D. bueckebergensis (Karl, Groning, Brauckmann, and Reich, 2012)

Synonyms

Pleurosternon typocardium Seeley, 1869
Thalassemys ruetimeyeri Lydekker, 1889
Ballerstedtia Karl, Groning, Brauckmann, and Reich, 2012

Dorsetochelys is an extinct genus of turtle from the Early Cretaceous of southern England and northwestern Germany.

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