Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
This taxon name was registered on 28 April 2015 in the ZooBank in the LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:EEA3C356-8A08-4687-B182-BB2A650F48A2
Full reference: J. Anquetin, C. Püntener, and J.-P. Billon-Bruyat. 2015. Portlandemys gracilis n. sp., a new coastal marine turtle form the Late Jurassic of Porrentuy (Switzerland) and a reconsideration of plesiochelyid anatomy. PLoS ONE 10(6):e0129193
Belongs to Portlandemys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2015
Sister taxon: Portlandemys mcdowelli
Type specimen: MJSN BSY009-708, a partial skull (partial cranium consisting of the basicranium and the skull roof). Its type locality is Bois de Sylleux, 2009 coll., which is in a Kimmeridgian carbonate marl in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Switzerland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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