Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to I. Danilov et al. 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Hirayama 1995, Karl 2007, Karl et al. 2012, Lydekker 1889, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Argillochelys, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Chelonia aralis, Chelonia caucasica, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Marocokatognathus, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Protrachyaspis, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Allopleuron hofmanni Allopleuron lipsiensis Allopleuron qazaqstanense
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)
• Eocene of Kazakhstan (2)
• Cretaceous of Germany (4), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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