†Bryochelys van Beneden 1871 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Full reference: M. P. van Beneden. 1871. Les reptiles fossiles en Belgique. Bulletins de l'Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique 31:9-16
Parent taxon: Syllominae according to R. E. Weems 1988
See also Berry and Lynn 1936 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Kurobechelys
Subtaxa: Bryochelys waterkeyni
Type: Bryochelys waterkeyni
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Boom (Rupelian) (Oligocene of Belgium)
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