Allaeochelys Noulet 1867 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae

Parent taxon: Allaeochelyini according to M. Godinot et al. 2018

See also Alonso Santiago and Alonso Andrés 2005, Carroll 1988, Hutchison 1992, Joyce 2014, Karl et al. 2006, Pérez-García et al. 2013 and Vremir 2013

Sister taxon: Eulalichelys

Subtaxa: Allaeochelys crassesculpta Allaeochelys delheidi Allaeochelys libyca Allaeochelys lingnanica Allaeochelys magnifica Allaeochelys parayrei Allaeochelys rouzilhacensis

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Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (3 collections), Libya (1)

• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (16), Germany (3), Myanmar (13), Romania (1), Spain (12), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene of China (1)

Total: 54 collections including 58 occurrences

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