Pleurosternidae
# Pleurosternidae

Pleurosternidae is an extinct family of freshwater turtles belonging to Paracryptodira. They are definitively known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous (Albian) of Western Europe and North America.

## Genera

### Valid taxa

* Dinochelys Morrison Formation, United States, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
* Dorsetochelys Purbeck Group, England, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian) Bückeberg Formation, Germany, Berriasian
* Glyptops Morrison Formation, United States, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
* Pleurosternon Purbeck Group, England, Early Cretaceous (Berriasian), Ágreda locality, Spain, Tithonian-Berriasian, France, Tithonian-Berriasian
* Riodevemys Villar del Arzobispo Formation, Spain, Late Jurassic (Tithonian)
* Selenemys Lourinhã Formation, Portugal, Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian)
* Toremys Escucha Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Albian)

Uluops from the Late Jurassic of North America may also belong to Pleurosternidae.

### Invalid taxa

* Desmemys Bückeberg Formation, Germany, Berriasian (nomen dubium)

## Ecology

The high morphological diversity of skulls of the group suggests high ecological plasticity. Glyptops and Pleurosternon exhibit adaptions likely for suction feeding, while Dorsteochelys was likely a dietary generalist.

