Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative spelling: Euclastes (Erquelinnesia)
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to T. S. Myers et al. 2018
See also Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Kear and Lee 2006, Lynch and Parham 2003, Moody 1980, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Protrachyaspis, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Erquelinnesia gosseleti Erquelinnesia planimenta
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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