Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to A. Pérez-Garcia and F. Ortega 2021
See also Anquetin and Chapman 2016, Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, de Broin and de la Fuente 1993, Delair 1958, Gaffney 1975, Gaffney 1975, Goodwin et al. 1999, Hay 1902, Kuhn 1966, Lydekker 1889, Madzia et al. 2021, Milner 2004, Puntener et al. 2017 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Achelonia, Acichelys approximata, Euryaspis radians, Eurysternidae, Eurysternum, Hylaeochelys, Jurassichelon, Neusticemys, Plesiochelys oblonga, Plesiochelys pumilio, Solnhofia, Thalassemys, Thalassemys heusseri, Tropidemys, Tropidemys morinica
Subtaxa: Craspedochelys Emys dutertrei Globochelus Hispaniachelys Hispaniachelys prebetica Plesiochelys Portlandemys Stylemys lindenensis Tholemys Yanduchelys
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), Uzbekistan (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (2)
• Jurassic of China (2), Ethiopia (1), France (17), Germany (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Poland (2), Portugal (8), Spain (4), Switzerland (13), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 61 collections including 83 occurrences