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Pelorochelon

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Taxonomy

Pelorochelon was named by Pérez-García et al. (2016).

It was assigned to Testudinidae by Pérez-García et al. (2016).

Species

Asturichelys multicostatus, Cheirogaster steinbacheri, P. eocaenica, P. soriana

Synonyms

Asturichelys multicostatus was named by Bergounioux (1957). Its type specimen is N.° 9562, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cantera Llamaquique, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Pérez-García et al. (2016) and Pérez-García (2017).
Cheirogaster steinbacheri was named by Karl (1996). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Pankraz Schwarzerzsch. level, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in Austria. It is the type species of Eochersina.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Pérez-García et al. (2016); it was recombined as Eochersina steinbacherae by Karl (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1957	Asturichelys multicostatus Bergounioux
1996	Cheirogaster steinbacheri Karl
2016	Pelorochelon Pérez-García et al.
2018	Eochersina steinbacherae Karl

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
—	Sauropsida
class	Reptilia
—	Testudinata	(Oppel 1811)
order	Testudines	Batsch 1788
suborder	Cryptodira
—	Pantestudinoidea
superfamily	Testudinoidea
family	Testudinidae	Batsch 1788
genus	Pelorochelon

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Pelorochelon Pérez-García et al. 2016

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†Pelorochelon eocaenica Hummel 1935

†Pelorochelon soriana Pérez-García et al. 2016

Invalid names: Asturichelys multicostatus Bergounioux 1957 [nomen dubium], Cheirogaster steinbacheri Karl 1996 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Diet 2:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

oviparousf

Created:

2005-08-26 07:16:55

Modified:

2005-09-09 16:16:46

Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ernst and Barbour 1989

Age range: base of the MP 10 to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Champagne-Ardenne)	Hadrianus sp. (73387)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France (Marne)	Hadrianus sp. (35539 35540 181653)
MP 10	55.8 - 48.6	France (Picardie)	Hadrianus sp. (68440)
MP 13	48.6 - 40.4	Germany (Eifel)	Barnesia eocaenica, Eochersina steinbacherae (24201)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France	Hadrianus sp. (184468)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Austria	Manouria sp. (176938)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)	P. eocaenica (179960)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region)	Hadrianus sp. (31736)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Spain (Castilla y Leon)	Hadrianus sp. (40358)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Spain (Asturias)	Asturichelys multicostatus (144665)