Chisternon

Extinct genus of turtles

Chisternon
Temporal range: Eocene
Chisternon undatum, American Museum of Natural History
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Clade: Paracryptodira
Family: Baenidae
Genus: Chisternon
Leidy, 1872

Chisternon is a genus of baenid turtles from the Eocene of North America.

References

  • The Osteology of the Reptiles by Alfred Sherwood Romer

External links

  • Chisternon in the Paleobiology Database
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Pappochelys rosinae Meiolania brevicollis
Taxon identifiers
Chisternon


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