Chelone vanbenedeni Smets 1886 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Belongs to Chelone according to L. Dollo 1909

Sister taxa: Chelone costata, Chelone girundica, Chelone jessoni

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Boom (Boom Clay, IRSNB collection) (Oligocene of Belgium)

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