Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Alternative combinations: Toxochelys stenopora, Toxochelys stenoporus
Synonym: Toxochelys bauri Wieland 1905
Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1905. A revision of the species of the family of fossil turtles called Toxochelyidae, with descriptions of two new species of Toxochelys and a new species of Porthochelys. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21(10):177-185
Belongs to Ctenochelys according to A. D. Gentry 2017
See also Hay 1905, Hay 1930, Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Matzke 2007, Wieland 1905 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Ctenochelys acris, Ctenochelys tennuitesta
Type specimens:
- Ctenochelys stenoporus: YPM-1786
- Toxochelys bauri: YPM-1786. Its type locality is Gove County (PROXY), which is in a Turonian/Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Niobrara Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), United States (2: Kansas)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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