Dinochelys Gaffney 1979 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1979. The Jurassic turtles of North America. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 162(3):95-135

Parent taxon: Pleurosternidae according to W. G. Joyce and J. Anquetin 2019

See also Anquetin 2012, Anquetin et al. 2009, Brinkman et al. 2000, Carroll 1988, Gaffney 1979, Joyce 2007, Karl et al. 2012, Lyson and Joyce 2011, Milner 2004, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García et al. 2015, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011 and Pérez-García and Ortega 2011

Sister taxa: Ballerstedtia, Desmemydinae, Desmemys, Dorsetochelys, Glyptops, Pleurosternon, Riodevemys, Selenemys, Toremys, Uluops

Subtaxa: Dinochelys whitei

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of United States (11: Colorado, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming collections)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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