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Solemydidae
| Description | The Helochelydridae are an extinct family of stem-turtles known from fossils found in North America and Europe that have been dated from the Late Jurassic to the Late Cretaceous. Although referred to as Solemydidae in recent literature on extinct turtles, Helochelydridae has priority over Solemydidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solemydidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Testudines : Solemydidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Solemydidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solemydidae |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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 Helochelydra ✝genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 13 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Helochelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Naomichelys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 38 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Solemys ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
| Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Data - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
