Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Parent taxon: Cheloniidae according to E. A. Zvonok et al. 2023
See also Karl and Tichy 2019, Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Tong and Hirayama 2002, Weems 1988 and Weems 2014
Sister taxa: Allopleuroninae, Ashleychelys, Cabindachelys, Carettinae, Chelone, Chelone acuticostata, Chelone bellunensis, Chelone gastaldii, Chelone murua, Chelone simonellii, Chelone sismondai, Chelone sordellii, Chelone strobeli, Cheloniinae, Chelyopsis, Dollochelys, Eochelone, Eocheloniinae, Eochelyinae, Eretmochelyinae, Erquelinnesia, Gigantatypus, Itilochelys, Lembonax, Lepidochelys, Lusochelys, Lytoloma, Miocaretta, Osonachelus, Pacifichelys, Pliochelys derelicta, Procolpochelys, Progonosaurus pertinax, Protrachyaspis, Puppigerus, Syllominae, Syllomus, Trachyaspis, Zangerlchelys
Subtaxa: Tasbacka aldabergeni Tasbacka danica Tasbacka ouledabdounensis Tasbacka ruhoffi Tasbacka salisburgensis
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Austria (2 collections), Denmark (1), Kazakhstan (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1), Morocco (1), United States (1: Maryland)
• Paleogene of Kazakhstan (1)
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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