Parent taxon: Testudines according to O. Kuhn 1971
See also Demathieu and Haubold 1972, Haubold 1971, Haubold 1974 and Lovelace and Lovelace 2012
Sister taxa: Amphichelydia, Apertotemporalis, Apholidemys, Asturichelys, Casichelydia, Chelone obovata, Chelone sopita, Cryptodira, Cryptrodiramorpha, Entoplastrites, Euclastochelys, Euclastochelys interrupta, Haichemydidae, Kallokibotionidae, Larachelus, Meiolania damelipi, Odontochelys, Pancryptodira, Panpleurodira, Platychelone, Platychelone emarginata, Plesiochelydiae, Pleurodira, Podocnemis lata, Proganochelydia, Senonemys suemegensis, Sinochelyidae, Sokotochelys, Tacuarembemys, Temnoclemmys cordiformis, Triassochelys, Trionyx fuchienensis, Trionyx tshelkarensis, Paludinosa, Marina, Terrestria, Cryptodiramorpha, Fluvialia, Oligochelone, Pachychelys, Chelonoides, Glaucochelone, Therezinosaurus, Metachelydia, Protemys, Pseudosphargis, Tomochelone, Halmyrachelidae, Chelycarapookidae, Padiochelys
Subtaxa: Chelonipus cuneiformis Chelonipus plieningeri Chelonipus torquatus
Type: Chelonipus torquatus
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Colorado collection)
• Jurassic of United States (1: Colorado)
• Triassic of Germany (1), United States (3: Wyoming)
Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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