Full reference: L. Rütimeyer. 1873. Die fossilen Schildkröten von Solothurn und der übrigne Juraformation. Abdruck aus den Neuen Denkschriften der Schweiz. naturforsch. Gesellschaft 25:1-185
Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to W. G. Joyce and M. Mäuser 2020
See also Anquetin et al. 2014, Anquetin et al. 2017, Bräm 1965, Carroll 1988, Delair 1958, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Lydekker 1889, Pérez-García 2015, Portis 1878, Puntener et al. 2014 and Rütimeyer 1873
Sister taxa: Achelonia, Acichelys approximata, Euryaspis radians, Eurysternidae, Eurysternum, Hylaeochelys, Jurassichelon, Neusticemys, Plesiochelyidae, Plesiochelys oblonga, Plesiochelys pumilio, Solnhofia, Thalassemys, Thalassemys heusseri, Tropidemys morinica
Subtaxa: Chelonia valanginiensis Chelonides robusta Pelobatochelys blakei Tropidemys langii Tropidemys seebachi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of France (1)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (3), Portugal (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (7), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 20 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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