†Craspedochelys jaccardi Pictet 1860

Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae

Alternative combinations: Emys jaccardi, Plesiochelys jaccardi

Synonym: Plesiochelys choffati Sauvage 1898

Belongs to Craspedochelys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017

See also Anquetin et al. 2014, Antunes et al. 1988, Bräm 1965, Gaffney 1975, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Rütimeyer 1873 and Sauvage 1898

Sister taxa: Craspedochelys passmorei, Craspedochelys picteti, Emys dollfusii

Type specimens:

  • Craspedochelys jaccardi: Geolog. Inst. der Universitat Neuchatel. Its type locality is Limestone quarry within or around Solothurn, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in the Reuchenette Formation of Switzerland.
  • Plesiochelys choffati: MG-LNEG 28, a partial skeleton (shell missing most of its posterior rim and associated limb elements). Its type locality is Vila Franca do Rosário, which is in a Tithonian marine horizon in Portugal.

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Portugal (2), Switzerland (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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