Argillochelys Lydekker 1889 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On remains of Eocene and Mesozoic Chelonia and a tooth of (?) Ornithopsis. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 45:227-246

Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to I. Danilov et al. 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Hirayama 1995, Lydekker 1889, Moody 1980, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988 and Zvonok and Danilov 2017

Sister taxa: Allopleuron, Allopleuroninae, 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: Argillochelys africana Argillochelys antiqua Argillochelys brachyceps Argillochelys convexa Argillochelys cuneiceps Argillochelys subcristata

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Morocco (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7)

Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences

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