Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
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 Ctenochelys according to A. D. Gentry 2017
See also Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Ctenochelys stenoporus, Ctenochelys tennuitesta
Type specimen: CNHM P27354, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Moore Brothers Farm, which is in a Santonian/Campanian carbonate limestone in Alabama.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (4: Alabama collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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