Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Berry and Lynn 1936, Carroll 1988, Hastings and Dooley 2017, Hay 1930, Joyce et al. 2004, Sepkoski 2002, Weems 1988, Weems 2014, Weems and Brown 2017 and Zug 2001
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, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Progonosaurus pertinax, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Procolpochelys charlestonensis Procolpochelys grandaeva Procolpochelys susensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Miocene of United States (7: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (5: South Carolina, Virginia)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: New Jersey)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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