Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
In the available version in the Bioheritage Library, Chelone antiqua appears only in the two figures of Pl. XVIII, and not in the text. However, this might be, apparently, because some of the text pages are missing. It would be important to confirm, for availability purposes, that this taxon appears in the text. Type Specimen and locality information comes from the NHM online database and Lydekker (1889).
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Alternative combinations: Chelone antiqua, Chelonia antiqua
Full reference: E. König. 1825. Icones fossilium sectiles. London 1-44
Belongs to Argillochelys according to E. A. Zvonok and I. G. Danilov 2017
See also Dollo 1909, König 1825, Lydekker 1889 and Woodward 1830
Sister taxa: Argillochelys africana, Argillochelys brachyceps, Argillochelys convexa, Argillochelys cuneiceps, Argillochelys subcristata
Type specimen: NHMUK PV OR 49465, a skull
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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