Cynocercus Cope 1872 (sea turtle)

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

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Type: Cynocercus incisus

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Butte Creek (Cretaceous of Kansas)

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