Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae

Alternative combination: Emys etalloni

Synonyms: Plesiochelys hannoverana Maack 1869, Plesiochelys langii Rütimeyer 1873, Plesiochelys sanctaeverenae Rütimeyer 1873, Plesiochelys sanctaverenae Rütimeyer 1873, Plesiochelys solodurensis Rütimeyer 1873, Stylemys hannoverana Maack 1869, Stylemys lindensis Maack 1869

Belongs to Plesiochelys according to C. Puntener et al. 2017

See also Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2017, Bräm 1965, Danilov and Parham 2008, Gaffney 1975, Hay 1902, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Lydekker 1889, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Portis 1878, Puntener et al. 2014, Rütimeyer 1873 and Vlachos 2017

Sister taxa: Clemmys grayi, Emys hugi, Emys hugii, Emys jurensis, Emys trionychoides, Plesiochelys bigleri, Plesiochelys kwanganensis, Plesiochelys minor, Plesiochelys normandicus, Plesiochelys oshanensis, Plesiochelys planiceps

Type specimens:

• Plesiochelys etalloni: MAJ 2005-11-1, a shell (a shell missing a large part of the carapace medially.). Its type locality is Forêt de Lect, pres de Moirans (Lect Forest), which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in France.
• Plesiochelys langii: NMS 8515 (lectotype, see Anquetin 2015; formerly NMS 123), a partial shell (a subcomplete carapace missing the right and posterior margins). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
• Plesiochelys sanctaeverenae: NMS 8514 (lectotype; formerly NMS 118), a partial shell (a large carapace missing its lateral aspects). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
• Plesiochelys solodurensis: NMS 8693 (lectotype; formerly NMS 59), a partial shell (a dis- torted, subcomplete shell). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
• Stylemys hannoverana: GZG 773-35 (lectotype), a partial shell (an almost complete plastron, now lost). Its type locality is Tönjesbergs, near Hannover, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in Germany.

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