Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2018
See also Carroll 1988, Danilov et al. 2014, Grant-Mackie et al. 2011, Hirayama 1995, 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, Dollochelys, 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: Eochelone athersuchi Eochelone brabantica Eochelone monstigris Eochelone voltregana
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (2 collections), New Zealand (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (5), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.