†Eochelone monstigris Grant-Mackie et al. 2011 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: J. A. Grant-Mackie, J. Hill, and B. J. Gill. 2011. Two Eocene chelonioid turtles from Northland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 54:181-194
Belongs to Eochelone according to J. A. Grant-Mackie et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Eochelone athersuchi, Eochelone brabantica, Eochelone voltregana
Type specimen: V351A-V351AB, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Q07/f145, Whangarei Eochelone monstigris type locality, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Ruatangata Sandstone Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Q07/f145, Whangarei Eochelone monstigris type locality
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