Compsemys

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title: Compsemys
text: Compsemys is an extinct genus of prehistoric turtles from the Late Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America and possibly Europe. The type species C. victa, first described by Joseph Leidy from the Hell Creek Formation in Montana in 1856, and another probable species C. russelli, described in 2012, from Paleocene deposits in France. Its affinites have long been uncertain, but it has recently been considered to be the most basal member of Paracryptodira, despite the clade first appearing in the L
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description: Extinct genus of turtles
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compsemys
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date modified: 2023-05-19T15:27:02Z
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