Synonym: Archaeochelys Lydekker 1889
Full reference: R. Lydekker. 1889. On certain chelonian remains from the Wealden and Purbeck. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 45:511-518
Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to R. Allain et al. 2022
See also Delair 1958, Lydekker 1889, Milner 2004, Milner 2011, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Pérez-García and Ortega 2014
Sister taxa: Achelonia, Acichelys approximata, Euryaspis radians, Eurysternidae, Eurysternum, Jurassichelon, Neusticemys, Plesiochelyidae, Plesiochelys oblonga, Plesiochelys pumilio, Solnhofia, Thalassemys, Thalassemys heusseri, Tropidemys, Tropidemys morinica
Subtaxa: Archaeochelys pougeti Hylaeochelys belli Hylaeochelys kappa Hylaeochelys latiscutata
Type: Pleurosternon latiscutatum
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (6)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
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