A reassessment of the referral of sea turtle skulls to the genus Osteopygis (Late Cretaceous, New Jersey, USA)

J. F. Parham

2005

Article

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(1):71-77

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Catapleura chelydrina
• Lytoloma
• Osteopygis borealis
• Osteopygis erosus
• Osteopygis gibbi
• Osteopygis platylomus
• Osteopygoides priscus
• Propleura
• Propleura borealis

Taxonomy:

• Osteopygis belongs to Macrobaenidae - Parham (2005)
• Catapleura chelydrina belongs to Osteopygis emarginatus - Parham (2005)
• Osteopygis gibbi belongs to Osteopygis emarginatus - Parham (2005)
• Propleura borealis belongs to Osteopygis emarginatus - Parham (2005)