Clade Durocryptodira Danilov and Parham 2008 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: I. G. Danilov and J. F. Parham. 2008. A reassessment of some poorly known turtles from the Middle Jurassic of China, with comments on the antiquity of extant turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(2):306-318

Parent taxon: Cryptodira according to I. G. Danilov and J. F. Parham 2008

Sister taxa: Adocusia, Bashuchelyidae, Carettochelyoidea, Charitonyx tajanikolaevae, Chelonemydidae, Chelonioidea, Chelydridae, Chelydroidea, Chersidae, Chitracephalus, Cryptoderinea, Dermatochelydidae, Dermochelyoidea, Eucryptodira, Galvechelone, Glyptopidae, Glyptopsidae, Indochelyidae, Kallokibotioninae, Kayentachelyidae, Kinosternia, Kinosternoidae, Meiolanidae, Nanhsiungchelyidae, Panchelonioidea, Pantestudinoidea, Pantrionychia, Platysternoidea, Polysternum, Selmacryptodira, Trionychia, Trionychidae, Trionychoidea, Tritosternidae

Subtaxa: Toxochelys

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (2: Nebraska collections)

• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Canada (5: Manitoba), United States (24: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Kansas, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee)

Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence

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