Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Glarichelys gwinneri
Full reference: T. Wegner. 1917. Chelonia gwinneri Wegner aus dem Rupelton von Flörsheim a. M. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 354:361-372
Belongs to Chelonia according to T. Wegner 1917
See also Averianov 2002
Sister taxa: Chelonia castanea, Chelonia cuvieri, Chelonia girundica, Chelonia harvicensis, Chelonia hoffmanni, Chelonia hofmanni, Chelonia mydas, Chelonia oligocena, Chelonia parvitecta, Euchelys macropus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Frauenweiler, which is in a Rupelian estuary/bay claystone in Germany
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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