Dortoka Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Dortokidae

Synonym: Ronella Gheerbrant et al. 1999

Full reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and X. Murelaga. 1996. Une nouvelle faune de chéloniens dans le Crétacé supérieur européen. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 323:729-735

Parent taxon: Dortokidae according to F. J. Augustin et al. 2021

See also Cadena and Joyce 2015, de Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1999, Gaffney et al. 2006, Gheerbrant et al. 1999, Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996, Lapparent de Broin et al. 2004, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García et al. 2012 and Vremir 2013

Sister taxa: Eodortoka, Muehlbachia, Muehlbachia nopcsai

Subtaxa: Dortoka botanica Dortoka vasconica Dortoka vremiri

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of Romania (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Romania (7)

• Cretaceous of France (5), Romania (1), Spain (4)

Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence

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