Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Synonym: Eochelys Moody 1968 [objective synonym]
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1870. Synopsis of the Extinct Batrachia, Reptilia and Aves of North America. Part II. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 14:105-235
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
See also Carroll 1988, Cope 1870, Cope 1872, Cope 1884, Hay 1902, Joyce et al. 2004, Karl 1996, Moody 1974, Sepkoski 2002, Tong et al. 2012, Weems 1988 and Weems 2014
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Syllominae, Syllomus, Tasbacka, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Puppigerus breviceps Puppigerus camperi Puppigerus crassicostata Puppigerus grandaevus Puppigerus parvisecta
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: New Jersey collection)
• Eocene of Austria (1), Belgium (2), Germany (1), Morocco (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (8), United States (2: Maryland , Virginia), Uzbekistan (1)
• Cretaceous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 19 collections including 24 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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