†Glarichelys knorri Gray 1831
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Alternative combination: Chelonia knorri
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium. Part I. Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, Enaliosauria. 1-85
Belongs to Glarichelys according to H.-V. Karl 2007
See also Gray 1831, Karl and Tichy 1999, Mlynarski 1959 and Mlynarski 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PIMUZ A/III 0596, a partial skeleton, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Engi, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Glarner Schiefer Formation of Switzerland.
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Poland (1 collection), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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