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The Tithonian (Late Jurassic) limestones of Canjuers (Var, France) represent one of the most important Late Jurassic fossil localities in Europe, yielding an exceptional invertebrate and vertebrate fauna that includes a small number of thalassochelydian turtles, representing the youngest Jurassic turtle fauna known from Europe. ... Here, we re-examine the turtle specimens from Canjuers using modern imaging techniques to improve the visualization of morphological details. Two specimens represent a new species, described here as Caesaria templaria gen. nov. et sp. nov., characterized by a medium-sized skull, short snout, well-developed pygal bone lacking a pygal notch, posterior peripherals broader than long from peripheral VII onward, wide vertebral scutes, and undulated intervertebral scute sulci.