†Corsochelys Zangerl 1960 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyoidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1960. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part V. An advanced cheloniid sea turtle. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(5):279-312
Parent taxon: Dermochelyoidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
See also Bardet et al. 2013, Carroll 1988, Hirayama 1995, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1960
Sister taxa: Alienochelys, Ocepechelon
Subtaxa: Corsochelys bentleyi Corsochelys halinches
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (5: Alabama, New Jersey, South Carolina collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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