Peritresius | |
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P. martiniholotype carapace | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Testudines |
Suborder: | Cryptodira |
Clade: | Pancheloniidae |
Genus: | †Peritresius Leidy, 1856 |
Peritresius is an extinct genus ofsea turtle from theLate Cretaceous deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard.
Two species are known,Peritresius ornatus Leidy, 1856 andP. martini Gentry, Parham, Ehret, and Ebersole, 2018, both from Campanian-Maastrichtian age deposits in New Jersey, Alabama, and Mississippi.[1][2]
Peritresius in acladogram from the analysis of Gentry et al., 2019:[3]
Pan-Chelonioidea |
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