Name
Polysternon.
Phonetic
Pol-e-stern-on.
Named By
Portis - 1882.
Classification
Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines, Pleurodira, Bothremydidae, Bothremydina, Foxemydina.
Diet
Uncertain.
Species
P. provinciale
Size
Unavailable.
Known locations
France - Rognac Limestone Formation. Spain - Conques Formation, Sierra Perenchiza Formation, Tremp Formation, Vitoria Formation.
Time Period
Campanian to Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation
Several individuals.
Polysternon is a genus of bothremydid turtle that is known to have lived in Western Europe during the latest stages of the Cretaceous.
- The youngest species of Polysternon: A new bothremydid turtle from the uppermost Maastrichtian of the southern Pyrenees. - Cretaceous Research 35: 133–142 - J. Marmi, �.H. Luj�n, V. Riera, R. Gaete, O. Oms & �. Galobart - 2012.
