Bryochelys van Beneden 1871 (sea turtle)

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

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Type: Bryochelys waterkeyni

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Boom (Rupelian) (Oligocene of Belgium)

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