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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Suborder: | Cryptodira |
| Family: | Cheloniidae |
| Genus: | †Syllomus Cope 1896 |
Syllomus is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the Miocene-age deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard and Egypt.
Taxonomy
Two species are known, Syllomus aegyptiacus (Lydekker, 1889) and S. crispatus Cope, 1896.1234 Lapparent de Broin (2001) considers Trachyaspis a possible senior synonym of Syllomus.5
References
References
- Cope, E. D. (1896). "Sixth contributions to the knowledge of the marine Miocene fauna of North America". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 35 (151): 139–146. JSTOR 983259.
- Lydekker R.A. (1889). Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). III, Chelonia. 239 pp. British Museum (Natural History), London.
- Weems, R. E. (1974). "Middle Miocene sea turtles (Syllomus, Procolpochelys, Psephophorus) from the Calvert Formation". Journal of Paleontology. 48: 278–303.
- Weems, R. E. (1980). "Syllomus aegyptiacus, a Miocene pseudodont sea turtle". Copeia. 1980 (4): 621–625. doi:10.2307/1444438. JSTOR 1444438.
- Lapparent de Broin, F. de (2001). "The European turtle fauna from the Triassic to the present". Dumerilia. 4: 155–218.