Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Synonyms: Caouana Cocteau and Bibron 1838, Halichelys Fitzinger 1843, Thalassochelys Fitzinger 1835
Parent taxon: Carettinae according to A. G. J. Rhodin et al. 2017
See also Andrews 1906, Anquetin et al. 2009, Berry and Lynn 1936, Carroll 1988, Cope 1875, Dodd and Morgan 1992, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Hirayama 1995, Kuhn 1966, Lydekker 1889, Moody and Buffetaut 1981, Parris et al. 2000, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011, Sepkoski 2002, Stefano 1903, van Dijk et al. 2014, Weems 1988 and Zug 2001
Sister taxon: Eretmochelys
Subtaxa: Caretta caretta Caretta patriciae Thalassochelys (Colpochelys) Thalassochelys (Halichelys) Thalassochelys bellunensis Thalassochelys caouana Thalassochelys caretta Thalassochelys eocaenica Thalassochelys libyca Thalassochelys mutinensis Thalassochelys phosphatica Thalassochelys testei
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (1 collection), Italy (1), Mexico (1), United States (3: Florida)
• Pliocene of United States (1: North Carolina)
• Hemphillian of United States (5: Florida, Louisiana)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Germany (1), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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