Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: A. Pérez-García, F. de Lapparent de Broin, and X. Murelaga. 2017. The Erymnochelys group of turtles (Pleurodira, Podocnemididae) in the Eocene of Europe: New taxa and paleobiogeographical implications. Palaeontologia Electronica 20.1.14A:1-28
Parent taxon: Erymnochelyinae according to A. Pérez-García and S. Chapman 2017
See also Georgalis et al. 2020 and Pérez-García et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Andrewsemys, Caninemys, Erymnochelyini, Neochelys, Ragechelus, Stupendemys
Subtaxa: Eocenochelus eremberti Eocenochelus farresi Eocenochelus lacombianus
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of Italy (2 collections)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (3), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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