†Plastremys lata Owen 1881 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudinata - Helochelydridae
Alternative combination: Hylaeochelys lata
Belongs to Plastremys according to W. G. Joyce 2022
See also Joyce 2017 and Lydekker 1889
Sister taxon: Plastremys rutteri
Type specimen: BMNH R48, a partial shell. Its type locality is St. Lawrence, Isle of Wight (lower Upper Greensand), which is in an Albian/Cenomanian carbonate chert/sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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