Syllomus

Syllomus; Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	†Syllomus; Cope 1896

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

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Weems, R. E. (1974). "Middle Miocene sea turtles (Syllomus, Procolpochelys, Psephophorus) from the Calvert Formation". Journal of Paleontology. 48: 278–303.
^ Weems, R. E. (1980). "Syllomus aegyptiacus, a Miocene pseudodont sea turtle". Copeia. 1980 (4): 621–625. doi:10.2307/1444438. JSTOR 1444438.
^ Lapparent de Broin, F. de (2001). "The European turtle fauna from the Triassic to the present". Dumerilia. 4: 155–218.

External links

Syllomus at the Paleobiology Database

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[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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