Allopleuron Baur 1888 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Parent taxon: Allopleuroninae according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012

See also Carroll 1988, Hirayama 1995, Karl 2007, Lydekker 1889, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988

Sister taxa: Glyptochelone, Protosphargis

Subtaxa: Allopleuron hofmanni Allopleuron lipsiensis Allopleuron qazaqstanense

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

• Eocene of Kazakhstan (2)

• Cretaceous of Germany (4), the Netherlands (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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