Argillochelys cuneiceps Owen 1849 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae

Alternative combination: Chelone cuneiceps

Full reference: R. Owen. 1849. A History of British Fossil Reptiles, Part I. 1-328

Belongs to Argillochelys according to R. Lydekker 1889

See also Moody 1980

Sister taxa: Argillochelys africana, Argillochelys antiqua, Argillochelys brachyceps, Argillochelys convexa, Argillochelys subcristata

Type specimen: Its type locality is London Clay, Isle of Sheppey turtles, which is in a Ypresian marine claystone in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at London Clay, Isle of Sheppey turtles

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