Glossochelys

Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae[1] that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842.[2] The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley.[3] It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.[4]

Glossochelys
Temporal range: Eocene,
55.8–48.6 Ma
Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Genus: †Glossochelys
Seeley, 1871
Species:
†G. planimentum
Binomial name
†Glossochelys planimentum
Owen, 1842
Synonyms
  • Chelone planimentum Owen, 1842
  • Erquelinnesia planimenta Owen, 1842
  • Lytoloma crassicostatum Owen, 1842
  • Lytoloma planimentum Owen, 1842

References
  1. Hirayama, Ren; Tong, Haiyan (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.
  2. R. Owen. 1841. Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578
  3. Seeley, Harry G. - Continued. 1871. A Note on Professor Cope's interpretation of the ichthyosaurian head. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii, pp. 256-268: 369
  4. E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235


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