Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277
Parent taxon: Ctenochelyidae according to A. D. Gentry 2018
See also Brinkman et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014, Hirayama 1995, Joyce et al. 2004, Karl and Nyhuis 2012, Matzke 2007, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981, Weems 1988 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxon: Asmodochelys
Subtaxa: Ctenochelys acris Ctenochelys stenoporus Ctenochelys tennuitesta
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the Netherlands (1), United States (7: Alabama, Kansas)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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