Eileanchelys Anquetin et al. 2009 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: J. Anquetin, P. M. Barrett, M. E. H. Jones, S. Moore-Fay, and S. E. Evans. 2009. A new stem turtle from the Middle Jurassic of Scotland: new insights into the evolution and palaeoecology of basal turtles. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:879-886

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

See also Anquetin 2010, Anquetin 2012, Anquetin et al. 2009 and Perea et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Condorchelys, Heckerochelys, Indochelys, Kayentachelys

Subtaxa: Eileanchelys waldmani

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at UB 7111, Cladach a'Ghlinne (Jurassic of the United Kingdom)

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