Cimochelys Zangerl 1960 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Parent taxon: Chelonioidea according to G. E. Hooks 1998

Sister taxa: Cheloniidae, Dermochelyidae, Dermochelyoidae, Desmatochelyidae, Kimurachelys, Leviathanochelys, Nichollsemys, Pandermochelys, Pliochelys, Progonosaurus, Protostegidae, Toxochelyidae

Subtaxa: Cimochelys benstedi

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Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Culand Pits, Burham (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)

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