Full reference: M. P. van Beneden. 1871. Les reptiles fossiles en Belgique. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 31:9-16
Parent taxon: Chelonia according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amphichelydia, Apertotemporalis, Apholidemys, Asturichelys, Casichelydia, Chelone obovata, Chelone sopita, Chelonipus, Cryptodira, Cryptrodiramorpha, Entoplastrites, Euclastochelys, Euclastochelys interrupta, Haichemydidae, Larachelus, Meiolania damelipi, Odontochelys, Pancryptodira, Panpleurodira, Platychelone, Platychelone emarginata, Plesiochelydiae, Pleurodira, Podocnemis lata, Proganochelydia, Senonemys suemegensis, Sokotochelys, Tacuarembemys, Temnoclemmys cordiformis, Triassochelys, Trionyx fuchienensis, Trionyx tshelkarensis, Paludinosa, Cryptodiramorpha, Terrestria, Marina, Fluvialia, Chelycarapookidae, Padiochelys, Therezinosaurus, Protemys, Tomochelone, Halmyrachelidae, Pseudosphargis, Chelonoides, Metachelydia, Oligochelone, Glaucochelone
Subtaxa: Pachychelys robusta
Type: Pachychelys robusta
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Anvers (Miocene to Pliocene of Belgium)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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