†Allopleuron Baur 1888 (sea turtle)
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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
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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