Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: D. B. Brinkman and J. A. Tarduno. 2005. A Late Cretaceous (Turonian-Coniacian) high-latitude turtle assemblage from the Canadian Arctic. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 42:2073-2080

Parent taxon: Eucryptodira according to D. B. Brinkman and J. A. Tarduno 2005

See also Brinkman et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Adocoidea, Angolachelonia, Centrocryptodira, Chelydroidea, Enaliochelys, Hoyasemys, Macrobaenoidea, Peltochelyidae, Plesiochelyoidea, Polycryptodira, Sandownidae, Sinemydidae, Tienfucheloides, Xinjiangchelyidae, Xinjiangchelyoidea

Subtaxa: Borealochelys axelheibergensis

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Type: Borealochelys axelheibergensis

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Expedition Fiord, Axel Heiberg (Cretaceous of Nunavut)

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