Eodortoka morellana Pérez-García et al. 2014 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Dortokidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, J. M. Gasulla, and F. Ortega. 2014. Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe. Cretaceous Research 48:130-138

Belongs to Eodortoka according to A. Pérez-García 2017

See also Cadena and Joyce 2015 and Pérez-García et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CMP-MS3, a carapace (A left hypoplastron). Its type locality is Cantera del Mas de la Parreta 11, which is in a Barremian terrestrial horizon in the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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