Allopleuron hoffmanni Gray 1831

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Allopleuron hofmanni

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium. Part I. Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, Enaliosauria. 1-85

Belongs to Chelonia according to J. E. Gray 1831

Sister taxa: Chelonia castanea, Chelonia cuvieri, Chelonia girundica, Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia harvicensis, Chelonia hoffmanni, Chelonia hofmanni, Chelonia mydas, Chelonia oligocena, Chelonia parvitecta, Euchelys macropus

Type specimen: Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.

Distribution: found only at ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum)

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