Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to R. Hirayama and H. Tong 2003
See also Cope 1870, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Hay 1908, Hay 1930, Kuhn 1966 and Lydekker 1889
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Lytoloma bruxelliensis Lytoloma cantabrigiense Lytoloma crassa Lytoloma elegans Lytoloma jeanesii Lytoloma wemmeliensis
Type: Lytoloma angusta
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Tunisia (1), the United Kingdom (4)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: New Jersey)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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