Alternative combination: Thalassemys moseri
Full reference: H. v. Bräm. 1965. Die Schildkröten aus dem oberen Jura (Malm) der Gegend von Solothurn. Schweizerische Paläontologische Abhandlungen 83:1-190
Belongs to Jurassichelon according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017
See also Anquetin et al. 2014, Bräm 1965, Danilov and Parham 2008, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García 2015, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008 and Puntener et al. 2014
Sister taxon: Jurassichelon oleronensis
Type specimen: NMS 9151 (holotype; formerly NMS 618), a partial shell (partial shell with only the medial part of the carapace preserved). Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
Distribution: found only at St. Niklaus quarries, Solothurn
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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