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* A specimen of ''Desmatochelys'' belonging or related to the species ''D. lowii'' is described from the lower [[Campanian]] [[Austin Formation]] ([[Coahuila]], [[Mexico]]) by López-Conde ''et al.'' (2019), representing the first record of the family [[Protostegidae]] in the Late Cretaceous of Mexico reported so far.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Oliver A. López-Conde |author2=Juliana Sterli |author3=Jesús Alvarado-Ortega |author4=María L. Chavarría-Arellano |author5=Héctor Porras-Múzquiz |year=2019 |title=The first record of ''Desmatochelys'' cf. ''D. lowii'' from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Coahuila, Mexico |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=94 |pages=Article 102204 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2019.05.020 }}</ref>
* An isolated [[Turtle shell#Carapace|carapacial]] ossicle of a member of the genus ''[[Psephophorus]]'' is described from the lowermost [[Pliocene]] [[Purisima Formation]] ([[California]], [[United States]]) by Fallon & Boessenecker (2019), representing the first occurrence of a sea turtle from this formation.<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Bailey R. Fallon |author2=Robert W. Boessenecker |year=2019 |title=First record of the leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelyidae) from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation of northern California, USA |journal=PaleoBios |volume=36 |pages=ucmp_paleobios_44240 |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2c38b585 }}</ref>
* An incomplete skeleton of a juvenile sea turtle belonging to the genus ''[[Eochelone]]'' is described from the [[Eocene]] ([[Bartonian]]) of the Gorny Luch locality ([[Krasnodar Krai]], [[Russia]]) by Zvonok ''et al.'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=E.A. Zvonok |author2=E.V. Syromyatnikova |author3=I.G. Danilov |author4=A.F. Bannikov |year=2019 |title=МОРСКАЯ ЧЕРЕПАХА (Сheloniidae) ИЗ СРЕДНЕГО ЭОЦЕНА СЕВЕРНОГО КАВКАЗА |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=53 |issue=5 |pages= |doi= |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=39324160 }}</ref>
* Description of the anatomy of the braincase of a specimen of ''[[Syllomus]] aegyptiacus'' from the [[Miocene]] [[Calvert Formation]] ([[Virginia]], [[United States]]) is published by Matzke & Maisch (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=Andreas T. Matzke |author2=Michael W. Maisch |year=2019 |title=The braincase of ''Syllomus aegyptiacus'' Lydekker, 1899 (Reptilia, Testudines) from the Middle Miocene Calvert Formation of Virginia |journal=Palaeodiversity |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=31–39 |doi=10.18476/pale.v12.a3 }}</ref>
* Description of turtle fossils from five [[Paleogene]] localities in the [[Crimea]] is published by Zvonok & Danilov (2019).<ref>{{Cite journal|author1=E.A. Zvonok |author2=I.G. Danilov |year=2019 |title=Paleogene turtles of Crimea |journal=Paleontological Journal |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=62–73 |doi=10.1134/S003103011901012X |url=https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=36899662 }}</ref>