Glarichelys knorri Gray 1831

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

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