Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
Alternative combination: Tholemys passmorei
Full reference: C. W. Andrews. 1921. XIII. On a new chelonian from the Kimmeridge Clay of Swindon. Annals And Magazine of Natural History 7:145-153
Belongs to Craspedochelys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017
See also Andrews 1921 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013
Sister taxa: Craspedochelys jaccardi, Craspedochelys picteti, Emys dollfusii
Type specimen: NHMUK R5871, a partial skeleton (subcomplete shell with associated postcranial remains, including parts of the girdles, the left humerus, and partial cervical vertebrae). Its type locality is Swindon Recreation Ground, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine claystone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Swindon Recreation Ground
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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