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In 2012, pleurosternid remains were described from the Bückeberg Formation of [[Lower Saxony]], northwestern Germany, and this prompted a re-assessment of the problematic species ''"Pleurosternon" typocardium'', which had been tentatively referred to ''[[Glyptops]]'' by Milner (2004).<ref>A. R. Milner. 2004. The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England. Palaeontology 47(6):1441-1467</ref> The new genus ''Ballerstedtia'' was coined for ''"P." typocardium'', and the remains from Lower Saxony were named ''B. bueckergensis''.<ref>H.-V. Karl, E. Groning, C. Brauckmann, and M. Reich. 2012. Ballerstedtia bueckebergensis, a new turtle from the Early Cretaceous Wealden facies of Germany (Testudines: Pleurosternidae). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:47-60.</ref> In a paper published in 2014, ''Ballerstedtia'' was synonymized with ''Dorsetochelys''.<ref>A. Perez-Garcia. 2014. Revision of the poorly known Dorsetochelys typocardium, a relatively abundant pleurosternid turtle (Paracryptodira) in the Early Cretaceous of Europe. Cretaceous Research 49:152-162.</ref>

 

 

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