Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: J. F. Parham and N. D. Pyenson. 2010. New sea turtle from the Miocene of Peru and iterative evolution of feeding ecomorphologies since the Cretaceous. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):231-247
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to N. Haidr and C. Acosta Hospitaleche 2017
See also Parham and Pyenson 2010
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Pacifichelys hutchisoni Pacifichelys urbinai
Type: Pacifichelys urbinai
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Peru (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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