Alternative combination: Chelone belli
Synonyms: Archaeochelys valdensis Lydekker 1889, Hylaeochelys sollasi Nopcsa 1928, Platemys dixoni Owen 1853, Platemys mantelli Owen 1841, Plesiochelys mantelli Owen 1841
Belongs to Hylaeochelys according to R. Allain et al. 2022
See also Delair 1958, Heinrich 1991, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker 1889, Lydekker and Boulenger 1887, Milner 2004, Milner 2011, Owen 1842, Owen 1853, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 and Pérez-García and Ortega 2014
Sister taxa: Hylaeochelys kappa, Hylaeochelys latiscutata, Archaeochelys pougeti
Type specimens:
- Hylaeochelys belli: BMNH 36529, a partial shell (a distal fragment of costal plate). Its type locality is Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Archaeochelys valdensis: BMNH 3532, a partial shell (partial left hyoplastral). Its type locality is Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Hylaeochelys sollasi: OUM J.13796, a shell (a carapace in external aspect).
- Platemys dixoni: BMNH 2268, a partial shell (left hyoplastral). Its type locality is Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.
- Platemys mantelli: BMNH 2288, a partial shell (right hyoplastral). Its type locality is Tilgate Forest, Cuckfield, which is in a Valanginian terrestrial sandstone in the Tunbridge Wells Sand Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 5 collections including 8 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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