†Oertelia gigantea Oertel 1914 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Holotype: lost skull remains described and figured by Oertel (1914); lectotype: trunk vertebra GZG V 5000
Alternative combination: Toxochelys gigantea
Belongs to Oertelia according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012
See also Nicholls 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Kastendamm (turtle locality) (Cretaceous of Germany)
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