''Peritresius'' is an extinct genus of

sea turtle Sea turtles (superfamily Chelonioidea), sometimes called marine turtles, are reptiles of the order Testudines and of the suborder Cryptodira. The seven existing species of sea turtles are the flatback, green, hawksbill, leatherback, loggerhe ...

from the Late Cretaceous deposits in the US Eastern Seaboard.

Taxonomy

Two species are known, ''Peritresius ornatus'' Leidy, 1856 and ''P. martini'' Gentry, Parham, Ehret, and Ebersole, 2018, both from Campanian-Maastrichtian age deposits in New Jersey, Alabama, and Mississippi.Gentry AD, Parham JF, Ehret DJ, Ebersole JA (2018) A new species of Peritresius Leidy, 1856 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alabama, USA, and the occurrence of the genus within the Mississippi Embayment of North America. PLoS ONE 13(4): e0195651. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195651

References

Cheloniidae Cretaceous turtles Extinct animals of the United States Prehistoric turtle genera Taxa named by Joseph Leidy Extinct turtles {{paleo-turtle-stub