Name - Euclastes Cope 1867

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:1675461 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Euclastes

• Euclastes Cope

• Catapleura Cope 1870

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Recent Publications

• The first report of hard-shelled sea turtles (Cheloniidae sensu lato) from the Miocene of California, including a new species (Euclastes hutchisoni) with unusually plesiomorphic characters.
• A sea turtle skull from the Cretaceous of Chile with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of Euclastes (formerly Osteopygis).
• Catapleura Cope, 1870 is Euclastes Cope, 1867 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae): synonymy revealed by a new specimen from New Jersey.

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