Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae

Synonym: Craspedochelys crassa Rütimeyer 1873

Full reference: L. Rütimeyer. 1873. Die fossilen Schildkröten von Solothurn und der übrigne Juraformation. Abdruck aus den Neuen Denkschriften der Schweiz. naturforsch. Gesellschaft 25:1-185

Belongs to Craspedochelys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017

See also Anquetin et al. 2014, Bräm 1965, Gaffney 1975, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996 and Rütimeyer 1873

Sister taxa: Craspedochelys jaccardi, Craspedochelys passmorei, Emys dollfusii

Type specimens:

• Craspedochelys picteti: NMS 8510 (holotype; formerly NMS 129), a partial shell (left anterior portion of a shell with poorly preserved plastron). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
• Craspedochelys crassa: NMS 8507 (holotype; formerly NMS 130), a partial shell (poorly preserved carapace fragment). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn

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