| 词条 | Adocus |
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| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous - Oligocene, {{fossilrange|125|28}} | image = Adocidae - Adocus punctatus.jpg | image_caption = Shell of Adocus beatus, Peabody Museum of Natural History | taxon = Adocus | authority = Cope, 1868 | type_species = {{extinct}}Adocus beatus | type_species_authority = Leidy, 1865 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text | synonyms = }} Adocus is an extinct genus of aquatic turtles belonging to the family Adocidae. Adocus was once considered a genus belonging to the family Dermatemyidae. DescriptionSpecies of the genus Adocus had flattened and smoothly contoured shells with horny sculptured plates. The shells could reach a length of about 80 cm. These large freshwater turtles had an omnivorous diet. They lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene in North America, but in Asia, they were also present during the Oligocene. DistributionThese turtles have been found in Cretaceous to Paleogene of Canada, United States, Mongolia, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Species
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9 : Prehistoric turtles of Asia|Early Cretaceous genus first appearances|Rupelian genus extinctions|Paleocene turtles|Trionychia|Cretaceous turtles of North America|Eocene turtles|Cenozoic turtles of North America|Laramie Formation |
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