Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Alternative spelling: Lophocheliinae
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: Toxochelyidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966
See also Karl et al. 2012, Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Moody 1980, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988, Weems 2014 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Cynocercus, Glyptops belviderensis, Macrobaeninae, Osteopyginae, Porthochelys, Toxochelyinae
Subtaxa: Lophochelys Neurochelys Oertelia
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Maryland collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (10: Alberta), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), United States (5: Alabama, Kansas, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 18 collections including 19 occurrences