Alternative combination: Eileanchelys waldmanni
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
Belongs to Eileanchelys according to S. W. Evers et al. 2019
See also Anquetin 2010, Anquetin et al. 2009, Joyce 2017 and Perea et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: NMS G 2004.31.15, a partial skull. Its type locality is UB 7111, Cladach a'Ghlinne, which is in a Bathonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal marl in the Kilmaluag Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at UB 7111, Cladach a'Ghlinne
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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