Plesiochelys

Synonyms of P. etalloni: Plesiochelys ("near turtle") is a genus of late Jurassic European and Asian turtle.

The type species is Plesiochelys etalloni.

[1] Fossil records have discovered Plesiochelys bigleri and Plesiochelys etalloni from the Kimmeridge Clay of England and outside the Swiss and French Jura Mountains.

[3] A recent study[4] placed Plesiochelys as an Angolachelonia and outside Testudines.

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Fossil of Plesiochelys