Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1971. Two toxochelyid sea turtles from the Landenian sands of Erquelinnes (Hainaut) of Belgium. Mémoires de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 169:1-32
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to A. O. Averianov 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Allopleuron, 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, 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: none
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Virginia collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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