Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2012. Galvechelone lopezmartinezae gen. et sp. nov. a new cryptodiran turtle in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Palaeontology 55(5):937-944

Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga 2012

Sister taxa: Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Carettochelyoidea, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelonioidea, Chelydridae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Dermochelyoidea, Durocryptodira, Eucryptodira, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Nanhsiungchelyidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae

Subtaxa: Galvechelone lopezmartinezae

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Type: Galvechelone lopezmartinezae

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerrada Roya (CRH) (Cretaceous of Spain)

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