Chelonia parvitecta Cope 1870

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combinations: Chelone parvitecta, Puppigerus parvitectus

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235

Belongs to Chelonia according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Cope 1870 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Chelonia castanea, Chelonia cuvieri, Chelonia girundica, Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia harvicensis, Chelonia hoffmanni, Chelonia hofmanni, Chelonia mydas, Chelonia oligocena, Euchelys macropus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Squankum marl pits, which is in an Aquitanian/Burdigalian marine siltstone in the Kirkwood Formation of New Jersey

Distribution: found only at Squankum marl pits

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