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Elochelys
Taxonomy
Elochelys was named by Nopsca (1931). Its type is Elochelys perfecta.
It was assigned to Foxemydina by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Bothremydinae by Pérez-García et al. (2010); to Bothremydini by Pérez-García et al. (2012); and to Bothremydidae by Laurent et al. (2002) and de la Fuente et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Foxemydina by Gaffney et al. (2006); to Bothremydinae by Pérez-García et al. (2010); to Bothremydini by Pérez-García et al. (2012); and to Bothremydidae by Laurent et al. (2002) and de la Fuente et al. (2014).
Species
E. perfecta (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1931 | Elochelys Nopsca |
| 2002 | Elochelys Laurent et al. |
| 2006 | Elochelys Gaffney et al. p. 68 |
| 2010 | Elochelys Pérez-García et al. |
| 2012 | Elochelys Pérez-García et al. pp. 222-223 |
| 2014 | Elochelys de la Fuente et al. |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006 | Carapace without nuchal notch, with ‘‘pelomedusoid’’ surface texture (weak granulated polygons), in contrast to strong granulated polygons of Taphrosphys; six or seven neurals; short and broad anterior plastral lobe and small anal notch; large intergular scale completely separating gulars and humerals, reaching pectorals as in Taphrosphys and Ummulisani, but in contrast to all other bothremydids; humeropectoral sulcus mainly anterior to the epihyoplastral suture except the lateral end in contrast to other bothremydids, and crossing entoplastron, as in Taphrosphys, Araiochelys, Chedighaii, Polysternon, and Foxemys, in contrast to Cearachelys and Rosasia; pectoroabdominal sulcus anterior to mesoplastron, as in Araiochelys and Kurmademys, in contrast to Chedighaii. |
Measurements
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Uetz 2005, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Campanian | France | E. perfecta (83309) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | E. sp. (28406 37199) |