Chelichnus duncani Owen 1842

Osteichthyes - Caseasauria - Caseidae

Alternative combination: Testudo duncani

Full reference: R. Owen. 1842. Report on British fossil reptiles, part II. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 11:60-204

Belongs to Chelichnus according to H. Haubold 1971

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Jardine 1850, Owen 1842 and Schmidt 1959

Sister taxa: Chelichnus ambiguum, Chelichnus bucklandi, Chelichnus gigas, Chelichnus hicklingi, Chelichnus ingens, Chelichnus megacheirus, Chelichnus obliquus, Chelichnus plancus, Chelichnus pricei, Chelichnus titan, Chelichnus tripodizon, Chelichnus wymanianus, Herpetichnus bucklandi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Corncockle Quarry, which is in a Cisuralian terrestrial sandstone in the Corncockle Sandstone Formation of the United Kingdom

Distribution:

• Triassic of Poland (1 collection)

• Permian of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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