Chelonia hoffmanni Gray 1831

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Allopleuron hoffmanni

Synonym: Chelone camperi Owen 1851

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1831. Synopsis Reptilium. Part I. Cataphracta. Tortoises, Crocodiles, Enaliosauria. 1-85

Belongs to Chelonia according to J. E. Gray 1831

See also Carrano 2023, Dollo 1909, Karl 2007, Karl et al. 2012, Lydekker 1889, Owen 1851, Seeley 1869 and Swinton 1934

Sister taxa: Chelonia castanea, Chelonia cuvieri, Chelonia girundica, Chelonia gwinneri, Chelonia harvicensis, Chelonia hofmanni, Chelonia mydas, Chelonia oligocena, Chelonia parvitecta, Euchelys macropus

Type specimens:

  • Chelonia hoffmanni: Its type locality is ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum), which is in a Maastrichtian shallow subtidal chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
  • Chelone camperi:

Distribution: found only at ENCI-Maastricht B.V. quarry (Nekum)

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