Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae
This taxon name was registered on 28 April 2015 in the ZooBank in the LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CC1C205A-8BAD-4541-9A93-AFEC87084DDB
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum Novitates 2574:1-19
Parent taxon: Plesiochelyidae according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin 2012, Carroll 1988, Gaffney 1975, Joyce 2007, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Mateus et al. 2009, Milner 2004, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988
Sister taxa: Craspedochelys, Emys dutertrei, Globochelus, Hispaniachelys, Hispaniachelys prebetica, Plesiochelys, Stylemys lindenensis, Tholemys, Yanduchelys
Subtaxa: Portlandemys gracilis Portlandemys mcdowelli
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Switzerland (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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