†Cynocercus Cope 1872 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
Alternative spelling: Cynocercas
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1872. On a new Testudinate from the Chalk of Kansas. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 308-310
Parent taxon: Toxochelyidae according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Hay 1905, Hay 1908, Leidy 1873, Osborn 1930, Sepkoski 2002 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: Glyptops belviderensis, Lophochelyinae, Macrobaeninae, Osteopyginae, Porthochelys, Toxochelyinae
Subtaxa: Cynocercus incisus
Type: Cynocercus incisus
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Butte Creek (Cretaceous of Kansas)
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