Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to R. E. Weems 2023
See also Carroll 1988, Lydekker 1889 and Weems 1974
Sister taxa: Allopleuron, Allopleuroninae, Argillochelys, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Chelonia aralis, Chelonia caucasica, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Marocokatognathus, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Protrachyaspis, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Trachyaspis aegyptiaca Trachyaspis bellunensis Trachyaspis hantoniensis Trachyaspis lardyi Trionyx melitensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (1 collection), Italy (3), Malta (1), Switzerland (1), United States (7: Maryland, Virginia)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Virginia)
• Eocene of Romania (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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