Chelonoides robusta Portis 1878 (aetosaur)

Reptilia - Pseudosuchia - Batrachopodidae

Full reference: A. Portis. 1878. Ueber Fossile Schildkröten aus dem Kimmeridge von Hannover 1-13

Belongs to Chelonoides according to A. Portis 1878

Sister taxa: Batrachopus argentinus, Batrachopus bakoenaorum, Batrachopus bellus, Batrachopus deweyi, Batrachopus dispar, Batrachopus gainensis, Batrachopus gilberti, Batrachopus gracilis, Batrachopus grandis, Batrachopus pilosus, Batrachopus rugosus, Batrachopus supersaltator, Batrachopus tenuis, Batrachopus varians, Comptichnus moorosi, Orthodactylus howelli, Palamopus anomalus, Palamopus divaricans, Chelonoides wittei, Sustenodactylus hollandicus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tönjesbergs, near Hannover, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in Germany

Ecology: herbivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Chelonoides robusta in the database

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