Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277
Parent taxon: Lophochelyinae according to R. E. Weems 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Neurochelys, Oertelia
Subtaxa: Lophochelys natatrix Lophochelys niobrarae Lophochelys venatrix
Type: Lophochelys natatrix
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (10: Alberta), United States (5: Alabama, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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