%0 Journal Article
%T A taxonomic review of the Late Jurassic eucryptodiran turtles from the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France)
%A J¨¦r¨¦my Anquetin
%A Christian P¨¹ntener
%A Jean-Paul Billon-Bruyat
%J PeerJ
%D 2015
%I 
%R 10.7717/peerj.369
%X Background. Eucryptodiran turtles from the Late Jurassic (mainly Kimmeridgian) deposits of the Jura Mountains (Switzerland and France) are among the earliest named species traditionally referred to the Plesiochelyidae, Thalassemydidae, and Eurysternidae. As such, they are a reference for the study of Late Jurassic eucryptodires at the European scale. Fifteen species and four genera have been typified based on material from the Late Jurassic of the Jura Mountains. In the past 50 years, diverging taxonomic reassessments have been proposed for these turtles with little agreement in sight. In addition, there has been a shift of focus from shell to cranial anatomy in the past forty years, although most of these species are only represented by shell material. As a result, the taxonomic status of many of these 15 species remains ambiguous, which prevents comprehensive comparison of Late Jurassic turtle assemblages throughout Europe and hinders description of new discoveries, such as the new assemblage recently unearthed in the vicinity of Porrentruy, Switzerland.
%K Plesiochelys
%K Craspedochelys
%K Tropidemys
%K Thalassemys
%K Plesiochelyidae
%K Thalassemydidae
%K Testudines
%K Kimmeridgian
%K Tithonian
%U https://peerj.com/articles/369/