Syllomus

Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.

Syllomus
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Superfamily: Chelonioidea
Family: Cheloniidae
Genus: †Syllomus
Cope 1896

Taxonomy

Two species are known, Syllomus aegyptiacus (Lydekker, 1889) and S. crispatus Cope, 1896.[1][2][3][4] Lapparent de Broin (2001) considers Trachyaspis a possible senior synonym of Syllomus.[5]

References
  1. Cope, E. D. (1896). "Sixth contributions to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 35 (151): 139–146. JSTOR 983259.
  2. Lydekker R.A. (1889). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). III, Chelonia. 239 pp. British Museum (Natural History), London.
  3. Weems, R. E. (1974). "Middle Miocene sea turtles (Syllomus, Procolpochelys, Psephophorus) from the Calvert Formation". Journal of Paleontology. 48: 278–303.
  4. Weems, R. E. (1980). "Syllomus aegyptiacus, a Miocene pseudodont sea turtle". Copeia. 1980 (4): 621–625. doi:10.2307/1444438. JSTOR 1444438.
  5. Lapparent de Broin, F. de (2001). "The European turtle fauna from the Triassic to the present". Dumerilia. 4: 155–218.


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