Thalassochelys bellunensis Bergounioux 1954 (loggerhead)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Full reference: F. M. Bergounioux. 1954. Les chéloniens fossiles des terrains tertiaires de la Vénétie. Memorie degli Istituti di geologia e mineralogia dell’Universita di Padova 18:1-115

Belongs to Thalassochelys according to F. M. Bergounioux 1954

Sister taxa: Caretta caretta, Caretta patriciae, Thalassochelys testei, Thalassochelys (Colpochelys), Thalassochelys caretta, Thalassochelys phosphatica, Thalassochelys mutinensis, Thalassochelys caouana, Thalassochelys eocaenica, Thalassochelys (Halichelys), Thalassochelys libyca

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Thalassochelys bellunensis in the database

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