Glossochelys

Glossochelys; Temporal range: Eocene, ; 55.8–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Humerus seen from above and skull seen from behind
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Genus:	†Glossochelys; Seeley, 1871
Species:	†G. planimentum
Binomial name
	†Glossochelys planimentum; Owen, 1842
Synonyms
	Chelone planimentum Owen, 1842; Erquelinnesia planimenta Owen, 1842; Lytoloma crassicostatum Owen, 1842; Lytoloma planimentum Owen, 1842;

Glossochelys is an extinct genus of sea turtles from the Pancheloniidae^[1] that has been discovered in Eocene (Ypresian) deposits in Harwich, England (London Clay Formation) that was first described as a species of Lytoloma in 1842.^[2] The type species, G. planimentum, was described as a separate species in 1871 by Harry Seeley.^[3] It was possibly the same animal as Euclastes or Erquelinnesia.^[4]

References

^ Hirayama, Ren; Tong, Haiyan (2003). "Osteopygis (Testudines: Cheloniidae) from the Lower Tertiary of the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco". Palaeontology. 46 (5): 845–856. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00322.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ R. Owen. 1841. Description of the remains of six species of marine turtles (Chelones) from the London Clay of Sheppy and Harwich. Proceedings of the Geological Society of London 3 part 2(83):565-578
^ Seeley, Harry G. - Continued. 1871. A Note on Professor Cope's interpretation of the ichthyosaurian head. Ann and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) vii, pp. 256-268: 369
^ E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235

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