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Palaeomedusa

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Suborder
  
Cryptodira

Genus
  
†Palaeomedusa

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
†Thalassemydidae

Species
  
†P. testa

Order
  
Turtle

Palaeomedusa

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Palaeomedusa testa is an extinct species of sea turtle from the Tithonian of the Late Jurassic (145.5 to 150.8 million years ago). It was first described by the German palaeontologist Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer in 1860. It is the only species classified under the genus Palaeomedusa.

References

Palaeomedusa Wikipedia