Reptilia - Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Alternative combinations: Compsemys anglica, Platychelys anglica
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History) Part III. The Order Chelonia 1-239
Belongs to Helochelydra according to W. G. Joyce 2017
See also Bräm 1965, Delair 1958, Joyce et al. 2011, Lydekker 1889 and Milner 2004
Sister taxa: Helochelydra bakewelli, Helochelydra nopcsai
Type specimen: NHMUK 48357, a carapace (left posterolateral portion of a carapace). Its type locality is Durlston Bay (general) [Beckles Collection], which is in a Berriasian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal horizon in the United Kingdom.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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