Synonyms: Kallokibotion magnificum Nopcsa 1923, Thalassodromeus sebesensis Grellet-Tinner and Codrea 2015
Full reference: B. F. Nopcsa. 1923. On the geological importance of the primitive reptilian fauna in the uppermost Cretaceous of Hungary; with a description of a new tortoise (Kallokibotion). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 74:100-116
Belongs to Kallokibotion according to A. Pérez-García and V. Codrea 2017
See also Danilov and Parham 2008, Dyke et al. 2015, Gaffney and Meylan 1992, Grellet-Tinner and Codrea 2015, Joyce 2017, Nopcsa 1923 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Kallokibotion bajazidi: BMNH R4916 (lectotype), a set of postcrania (ofmost ofcarapace, posterior lobe of plastron, pelvis, and a caudal vertebra)
- Kallokibotion magnificum: BMNH R4930, a set of postcrania (plastron, steinkern of nearly complete shell, and external mold of carapace with some fragments of posterior peripherals, thoracic vertebrae, and shell fragment).
- Thalassodromeus sebesensis: ODA 28, a shell. Its type locality is Oarda de Jos A (OdA), which is in a Maastrichtian pond claystone/limestone in the Şard Formation of Romania.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Romania (11 collections)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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