Reptilia - Testudines - Thalassemydidae

NHMUK R.2, NHMUK OR44177a, NHMUK OR44177, NHMUK OR44177b, and NHMUK OR41235 (paralectotypes), fragments of carapace with nuchal, neurals and costals, isolated pygal bone, and isolated peripheral bone

Alternative combinations: Pelobatochelys blakei, Tropidemys blakii

Belongs to Pelobatochelys according to J. Anquetin et al. 2017

See also Delair 1958, Lydekker 1889 and Pérez-García 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK R.2a (lectotype), a partial shell (central fragment of carapace with neurals IV–VI and fragments of adjoining costals). Its type locality is Smallmouth Sands (BMNH), which is in a Kimmeridgian marine claystone in the Kimmeridge Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Distribution: found only at Smallmouth Sands (BMNH)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.