Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae[1] that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842.[2] The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley.[3] It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.[4]
| Glossochelys Temporal range: Eocene,
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| Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Genus: | †Glossochelys Seeley, 1871 |
| Species: | †G. planimentum
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| †Glossochelys planimentum Owen, 1842
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References edit
- ^ Hirayama, Ren; Tong, Haiyan (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. Bibcode:2003Palgy..46..845H. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
- ^ R. Owen. 1841. Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578
- ^ Seeley, Harry G. - Continued. 1871. A Note on Professor Cope's interpretation of the ichthyosaurian head. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii, pp. 256-268: 369
- ^ E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235
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