Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Alternative combinations: Chelone planiceps, Stegochelys planiceps
Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204
Belongs to Plesiochelys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2015, Delair 1958, Gaffney 1975, Lydekker 1889, Owen 1842 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013
Sister taxa: Clemmys grayi, Emys hugi, Emys hugii, Emys jurensis, Emys trionychoides, Plesiochelys bigleri, Plesiochelys etalloni, Plesiochelys kwanganensis, Plesiochelys minor, Plesiochelys normandicus, Plesiochelys oshanensis
Type specimen: OU-JI582, a partial skeleton (nearly complete skull lacking nasals, anterior margins of apertura narium externa, and most of posterolateral skull roof (i.e., jugal preserved only on right si). Its type locality is Plesiochelys planiceps type (?Isle of Portland), which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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