†Thinochelys Zangerl 1953 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae
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: Toxochelyinae according to R. E. Weems 1988
See also Carroll 1988, Sepkoski 2002, Thurmond and Jones 1981 and Zangerl 1953
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Thinochelys lapisossea
Type: Thinochelys lapisossea
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Harrell Station (Cretaceous of Alabama)
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