Spoochelys Smith and Kear 2013 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: E. T. Smith and B. P. Kear. 2013. Spoochelys ormondea gen. et sp. nov., an Archaic Meiolaniid-Like Turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Lightning Ridge, Australia. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 121-146

Parent taxon: Perichelydia according to W. G. Joyce 2017

See also Poropat et al. 2023 and Smith and Kear 2013

Sister taxa: Meiolaniformes, Sichuanchelyidae

Subtaxa: Spoochelys ormondea

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Type: Spoochelys ormondea

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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