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Enaliochelys chelonia

Reptilia - Testudines

Taxonomy
Enaliochelys chelonia was named by Seeley (1869). Its type specimen is CAMSM J29898 to CAMSM J29955, a partial skeleton (partial postcranial disarticulated skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ely, non-specific locality, which is in a Kimmeridgian marine horizon in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Enaliochelys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Enaliochelys chelonia Seeley p. 108
2015Enaliochelys chelonia Pérez-García figs. 4A-J, Q-X
2017Enaliochelys chelonia Anquetin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Testudinata(Oppel 1811)
orderTestudinesBatsch 1788
suborderCryptodira
—Eucryptodira
genusEnaliochelys
specieschelonia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Enaliochelys chelonia Seeley 1869
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Anquetin et al. 2017Enaliochelys chelonia lacks diagnostic characters of Thalassochelydia, but several characteristics may indicate a close relationship with “thalassemydids” (see below). Enaliochelys che- lonia differs from all other thalassochelydians by its large size (more than 600 mm in carapace length), well-developed costo- peripheral fontanelles, increased width of the rib associated with the last pairs of costals, and wide vertebral scutes.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatersubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticsubo
Diet: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: oviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-26 14:49:00
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:49:00
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Uetz 2005, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8United Kingdom (England) Enaliochelys chelonia (type locality: 167751)