Reptilia - Testudines

Alternative spellings: Chelone (Cimochelys), Cimoliochelys

Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204

Parent taxon: Chelonioidea according to G. E. Hooks 1998

See also Owen 1842 and Woodward 1888

Sister taxa: Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Desmatochelyidae, Dollochelys rogovichi, Euclastidae, Kimurachelys, Leviathanochelys, Nichollsemys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae, Turgaiscapha kushmurunica

Subtaxa: Cimochelys benstedi

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Culand Pits, Burham (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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