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
Belongs to Toxochelys according to E. L. Nicholls 1988
See also Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Toxochelys elkader, Toxochelys latiremis, Toxochelys procax
Type specimen: CNHM P27330, a shell (nearly complete carapace and plastron, girdle elements, and vertebral fragments). Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (11: Alabama collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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