Thinochelys lapisossea Zangerl 1953 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277

Belongs to Thinochelys according to R. Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CNHM P27453, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Harrell Station, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Harrell Station

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