†Cymatholcus Clark 1932 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pantestudinidae
Alternative spellings: Cymotholcus, Geochelone (Cymatholcus)
Full reference: J. Clark. 1932. A new turtle from the Duchesne Oligocene of the Uinta basin, northeastern Utah. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 21:131-160
Parent taxon: Pantestudinidae according to E. Vlachos 2018
See also Auffenberg 1963, Auffenberg 1971, Clark 1932, Hutchison 1992 and Vlachos 2017
Sister taxa: Hadrianus, Oligopherus
Subtaxa: Cymatholcus schucherti
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Alabama, Utah collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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