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
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Morocco (1), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 12 collections including 15 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.