Hylaeochelys

Hylaeochelys; Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Berriasian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Family:	†Plesiochelyidae
Genus:	†Hylaeochelys; Lydekker, 1889
Type species
	†Pleurosternon latiscutatum; Owen, 1853
Species
	†H. latiscutata (Owen, 1853); †H. belli (Mantell); †H. lata (Owen);

Hylaeochelys is an extinct genus of plesiochelyid turtle that lived in the Early Cretaceous of southern England. The type species was originally named by Richard Owen as Pleurosternon latiscutatum in 1853, before being moved to the new genus Hylaeochelys by Richard Lydekker in 1889. Other species included in the genus are H. belli and H. lata, originally named under different genera by Gideon Mantell and Owen, respectively. All species are represented by carapaces, primarily from the Lulworth Formation of the Purbeck Limestone Group that was deposited during the Berriasian.[1]

References

Milner, A.R. (2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467.

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[milner2004-1] Milner, A.R. (2004). "The turtles of the Purbeck Limestone Group of Dorset, southern England". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1441–1467.