Pleurosternidae
Pleurosternidae is an extinct family of freshwater turtles belonging to Paracryptodira. They are definitively known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Western Europe and North America.
Genera
Valid taxa
- Dinochelys Morrison Formation, United States, Late Jurassic
- Dorsetochelys Purbeck Group, England, Early Cretaceous Bückeberg Formation, Germany, Berriasian
- Glyptops Morrison Formation, United States, Late Jurassic
- Pleurosternon Purbeck Group, England, Early Cretaceous, Ágreda locality, Spain, Tithonian-Berriasian, France, Tithonian-Berriasian
- Riodevemys Villar del Arzobispo Formation, Spain, Late Jurassic
- Selenemys Lourinhã Formation, Portugal, Late Jurassic
- Toremys Escucha Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous
Invalid taxa
- Desmemys Bückeberg Formation, Germany, Berriasian
Ecology