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Odontochelys semitestacea (meaning "toothed turtle with a half-shell") is a Late Triassic relative of turtles. [1] Before Pappochelys was discovered and Eunotosaurus was redescribed, [2] Odontochelys was considered the oldest undisputed member of Pantestudines (i.e. a stem-turtle).
This list of the prehistoric life of Texas contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Texas. Precambrian [ edit ]
American paleontologist William N. Logan did not directly explain the etymology of Tusoteuthis when he named it in 1898. [2] The generic name may be formed from Latin tusus "crushed" (passive participle of Latin tundo "beat, crush") + Greek teuthis "squid", alluding to the typically fragmented condition of the fossil gladius. [3]
Prehistoric turtle genera (219 P) Prehistoric turtle stubs (148 P) Pages in category "Prehistoric turtles" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Pages in category "Prehistoric turtle genera" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 212 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
It is known from two species, the first being B. pulchra named in 1906 by Lawrence M. Lambe for a partial plastron and carapace from the Campanian Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta as a species of the extinct turtle Baena, before being reassigned to the new genus Boremys later that year.
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Acrocanthosaurus.. Archaeologist Jack. T. Hughes has found evidence that the paleo-Indians of Texas collected fossils. [20] After the establishment of paleontology as a formal science, in 1878, professor Jacob Boll made the first scientifically documented Texan fossil finds in Archer and Wichita counties while collecting fossils on behalf of Edward Drinker Cope.