Eochelone athersuchi Moody 1980

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Argillochelys athersuchi

Full reference: R. T. J. Moody. 1980. Notes on some European Palaeogene turtles. Tertiary Research 2(4):161-168

Belongs to Eochelone according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2018

See also Moody 1980

Sister taxa: Eochelone brabantica, Eochelone monstigris, Eochelone voltregana

Type specimen: K.P. BA/19/V A&B, a partial skull. Its type locality is Barton Cliff, which is in a Bartonian marine claystone in the Barton Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Barton Cliff

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