Dorsetochelys is an extinct genus of turtle from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of western North America and southern England.
| Dorsetochelys Temporal range: Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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| Genus: | †Dorsetochelys Evans and Kemp, 1976
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| Species: | delairi
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| Dorsetochelys delairi Evans and Kemp, 1976
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Taxonomy
The type species, Dorsetochelys delairi, was described on the basis of DORCM G.23, a complete skull from the Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Purbeck Group of Dorset, England.[1] Later, a turtle skull from the vicinity of Como Bluff, Wyoming, was described as a new species, D. buzzops, in honor of Buzz Pitman, a museum director of the Rock River Museum near Como Bluff.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Evans and Kemp, 1976. A new turtle skull from the Purbeckian of England and a note on the early dichotomies of cryptodire turtles. Palaeontology, 19, 317–324.
- ^ R. T. Bakker. 1998. Dinosaur mid-life crisis: the Jurassic-Cretaceous transition in Wyoming and Colorado. Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:67-77
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