Hylaeochelys latiscutata Owen 1853 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Alternative combinations: Hylaeochelys latiscutatum, Pleurosternon latiscutatum, Pleurosternum latiscutatum

Synonym: Pleurosternon koeneni Grabbe 1884

Full reference: R. Owen. 1853. Part I. A monograph on the fossil chelonian reptiles of the Wealden clays and Purbeck limestones. Monograph on the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations. Palaeontographical Society 7(25):1-12

Belongs to Hylaeochelys according to A. R. Milner 2004

See also Delair 1958, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1889 and Pérez-García 2012

Sister taxa: Hylaeochelys belli, Hylaeochelys kappa, Archaeochelys pougeti

Type specimens:

  • Hylaeochelys latiscutata: DORCM G.20, a shell (large carapace visible in external aspect). Its type locality is Swanage/Purbeck (DORCM/BMNH) [C. Willcox Collection], which is in a Berriasian fluvial-lacustrine limestone in the United Kingdom.
  • Pleurosternon koeneni:

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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