Portlandemys Gaffney 1975 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Plesiochelyidae

This taxon name was registered on 28 April 2015 in the ZooBank in the LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CC1C205A-8BAD-4541-9A93-AFEC87084DDB

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. A taxonomic revision of the Jurassic turtles Portlandemys and Plesiochelys. American Museum Novitates 2574:1-19

Parent taxon: Plesiochelyidae according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017

See also Anquetin 2012, Carroll 1988, Gaffney 1975, Joyce 2007, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Mateus et al. 2009, Milner 2004, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Sepkoski 2002 and Weems 1988

Sister taxa: Craspedochelys, Emys dutertrei, Globochelus, Hispaniachelys, Hispaniachelys prebetica, Plesiochelys, Stylemys lindenensis, Tholemys, Yanduchelys

Subtaxa: Portlandemys gracilis Portlandemys mcdowelli

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Switzerland (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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