Paracryptodira

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title: Paracryptodira
text: Paracryptodira is an extinct group of reptiles in the clade Testudinata, known from the Jurassic to Paleogene of North America and Europe. Initially treated as a suborder sister to Cryptodira, they were then thought to be a very primitive lineage inside the Cryptodira according to the most common use of the latter taxon. They are now often regarded as late-diverging stem-turtles, lying outside the clade formed by Cryptodira and Pleurodira. Paracryptodires are divided into three main groups, Comp
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category slug: encyclopedia
description: Extinct clade of turtles
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracryptodira
date created: 2008-02-26T00:47:29Z
date modified: 2024-09-11T16:02:54Z
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