Euclastes wielandi Hay 1908

Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae

Alternative combination: Lytoloma wielandi

Synonyms: Catapleura coatesi Weems 1988, Catapleura ponderosa Cope 1871, Catapleura repanda Cope 1868, Dollochelys atlantica Zangerl 1953, Dollochelys casieri Zangerl 1971, Dollochelys coatesi Weems 1988, Erquelinnesia molaria Hay 1908, Euclastes priscus Lynch and Parham 2003, Euclastes roundsi Weems 1988, Lytoloma angusta Cope 1870, Osteopygis ponderosus Cope 1871, Osteopygis repandus Cope 1868, Osteopygis roundsi Weems 1988, Osteopygoides priscus Karl et al. 1998, Propleura repanda Cope 1868, Toxochelys atlantica Zangerl 1953

Full reference: O. P. Hay. 1908. The fossil turtles of North America. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 75:1-568

Belongs to Euclastes according to H. Tong and P. Meylan 2013

See also Cope 1868, Cope 1869, Cope 1870, Cope 1871, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Hirayama 2006, Hirayama and Tong 2003, Lynch and Parham 2003, Nicholls 1988, Parham 2005, Ullmann and Carr 2021, Weems 1988, Weems 2014, Wieland 1904, Zangerl 1953 and Zangerl 1971

Sister taxa: Euclastes acutirostris, Euclastes coahuilaensis, Euclastes melii, Euclastes meridionalis, Euclastes platyops

Type specimens:

  • Euclastes wielandi: YPM specimen, a partial shell. Its type locality is West Jersey Marl Company's Pit, Barnsboro (New Egypt), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.
  • Catapleura ponderosa: AMNH 1475, a partial skeleton (portions of the eleventh peripheral and the pygal, portions of about 6 costals, a part of a supposed hypoplastron, a scapular arch, a considerable part of a hum). Its type locality is Hornerstown area (Hornerstown Fm.) (PROXY), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
  • Dollochelys casieri: I.R.Sc.N.B. No. 163, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Erquelinnes, which is in a Ypresian fluvial gravel in the Tienen Formation of Belgium.
  • Dollochelys coatesi: USNM 412109, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Liverpool Point, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Aquia Formation of Maryland.
  • Erquelinnesia molaria: ANSP, a mandible. Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
  • Euclastes priscus:
  • Lytoloma angusta: AMNH 1133, a partial skeleton (three peripheral bones, a fragment of a costal, and a lower jaw, only doubtfully associated). Its type locality is Pemberton Marl Company pit (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine marl in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.
  • Osteopygis repandus: AMNH 2353, a set of postcrania (part of the nuchal, the succeeding three peripherals and a part of the fourth of the right side, the first of the left side, and four other peripherals, one nea). Its type locality is West Jersey Marl Company's Pit, Barnsboro (New Egypt), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the New Egypt Formation of New Jersey.
  • Osteopygis roundsi: USNM 412108, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Pamunkey River - 0.5 mile east of Wickham Crossing, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone in the Aquia Formation of Virginia.
  • Osteopygoides priscus:
  • Toxochelys atlantica: YMP 625, a shell. Its type locality is Barnsboro "greensand" (Hornerstown), which is in a Maastrichtian marginal marine horizon in the Hornerstown Formation of New Jersey.

Distribution:

• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Morocco (3), United States (4: Maryland, Virginia)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of United States (7: New Jersey, South Carolina)

Total: 16 collections including 20 occurrences

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