Osteopygis

Osteopygis
Temporal range: Late CretaceousEocene, 70.6–48.6 Ma
Osteopygis emarginatus carapace
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Pantestudines
Clade: Testudinata
Family: Macrobaenidae
Genus: Osteopygis
Cope, 1868
Type species
Osteopygis emarginatus
Cope, 1868
Species
  • O. emarginatus Cope, 1868
  • O. backmani Russell, 1934
  • O. kranzi Weems, 2014
  • O. russelli Brinkman, 2015

Osteopygis is a genus of extinct turtle. Osteopygis, as traditionally seen, is a chimera: the postcrania (including the holotype) belong to a non-marine stem-cryptodire, whilst the crania belong to sea turtles. In 2005, the referred material was split between two taxa: the postcrania remained in Osteopygis, while the crania were reassigned to Euclastes wielandi.



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