†subfamily Osteopyginae Zangerl 1953 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Synonym: Lytolominae

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

Parent taxon: Toxochelyidae according to O. W. M. Kuhn 1966

See also Foster 1980, Karl 1996, Kuhn 1946, Moody 1980, Parham and Pyenson 2010, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: Cynocercus, Glyptops belviderensis, Lophochelyinae, Macrobaeninae, Porthochelys, Toxochelyinae

Subtaxa: Propleura Rhetechelys

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of the Russian Federation (1 collection)

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: New Jersey)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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