-
fragments to be
identified as
Compsemys. The
skull resembles that of the
alligator turtle, with a
sharply hooked beak;
Compsemys must have been an aquatic...
-
turtle from the
Paleogene of
western Europe. It may be
synonymous with
Compsemys. Pérez-García, A. (2012). "Berruchelus russelli, gen. et sp. nov., a paracryptodiran...
- America. The type species,
Glyptops plicatulus, was
first described as
Compsemys plicatulus by
Edward Drinker Cope on the
basis of AMNH 6099, a partial...
- (some
authors include this
genus within Compsemys)
Calissounemys Var, France, Late
Cretaceous (Campanian)
Compsemys North America, Europe, Late Cretaceous–Palaeocene...
- The
latter two
groups are more
closely related to each
other than to
Compsemys,
forming the
clade Baenoidea.
Paracryptodires have
reduced prefrontal...
-
place it
firmly within the
Lancian fauna,
specifically using taxa such as
Compsemys as
index fossils to
recover a Campanian-Maastrichtian age,
Lozinsky et...
-
included freshwater fish, bowfins,
abundant rays and sharks,
turtles like
Compsemys, crocodilians, and lungfish. A fair
number of
mammals lived in this region...
-
Genus Species Material Notes Images Compsemys C. sp.
Multiple s****
fragments A
pleurosternid testudine. Species-level
identification is not possible...
-
formerly ****igned to the late
Campanian species Axestemys splendidus.
Compsemys C.
victa Montana A
relative of Dermatemydidae.
Peckemys P.
brinkman Montana...
- was
found alongside material from the
hadrosaur Thespesius and
turtles Compsemys and Emys, and the fish Mylognathus. The name
Ischyrosaurus was also used...
