Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Derivation of name: From the type locality, Santa Ceclia de Voltreg
Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, X. Murelaga, A. Pérez-García, F. Farrés, and J. Altimiras. 2018. The turtles from the upper Eocene, Osona County (Ebro Basin, Catalonia, Spain): new material and its faunistic and environmental context. Fossil Record 21:237-284
Belongs to Eochelone according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Eochelone athersuchi, Eochelone brabantica, Eochelone monstigris
Type specimen: MGSB 74.642. G.L.V., T-46, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Santa Cecília de Voltregà turtle, which is in a Bartonian offshore shelf marl/sandstone in the Vic-Manlleu Marls Formation of Spain.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Spain (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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