Corsochelys
Corsochelys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Superfamily: | Chelonioidea |
Family: | Dermochelyidae |
Genus: | †Corsochelys Zangerl, 1960 |
Type species | |
†C. halinches |
Corsochelys is an
Mooreville Chalk Formation (the lower part of the Selma Group).[1]
Description
Corsochelys is a
leatherback turtle. This means that Corsochelys would have reached their large size quickly through fast skeletal growth, as with the leatherback.[4]
Recently, a dermochelyid that closely resembles Corsochelys was found in the
References
- ^ a b Hiryana R. 1997. Distribution and diversity of Cretaceous chelonioids. In: Ancient Marine Reptiles (eds.) Callaway JM, Nicholls EL. Academic Press. pp. 225-241.
- ^ Hiryana R. 1998. Oldest known sea turtle. Nature 392:705-708. Archived 2006-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 20th, 2008.
- ^ 2004. Lehman TM, Tomlinson SL. 2004. Terlinguachelys fischbecki, a new genus and species of sea turtle (Chelonioidea: Protostegidae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Texas. Journal of Paleontology 78(6): 1163-1178 Retrieved on June 20th, 2008.
- ^ a b Snover ML, Rhodin AGL. 2007. Comparative ontogenetic and phylogenetic aspects of chelonian chondro-osseous growth and skeletochronology. In: Wyneken J, Godfrey M, Mels V. (eds.). The biology of turtles. USA: CRC Press pp. 17-43. Archived 2012-05-08 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 20th, 2008.
- ^ Tong H, Hirayama R. 2004. First Cretaceous dermochelyid turtle from Africa. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 9: 55-59. Retrieved on June 20th, 2008.
Suggested further reading
- The Biology of Sea Turtles by Peter L. Lutz and John A. Musick
- Biology of Turtles by Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, and Vincent Bels
External links
- Corsochelys in the Paleobiology Database