Full reference: E. S. Gaffney. 1975. Solnhofia parsonsi, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Late Jurassic of Europe. American Museum Novitates 2576:1-22
Parent taxon: Thalassochelydia according to J. Anquetin and C. Püntener 2020
See also Anquetin et al. 2009, Anquetin et al. 2017, Carroll 1988, Danilov and Parham 2008, De Broin 1994, Gaffney 1975, Joyce 2000, Joyce 2007, Karl et al. 2012, Lapparent de Broin et al. 1996, Mateus et al. 2009, Perea et al. 2014, Pérez-García 2012, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Pérez-García et al. 2008, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011 and Puntener et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Achelonia, Acichelys approximata, Euryaspis radians, Eurysternidae, Eurysternum, Hylaeochelys, Jurassichelon, Neusticemys, Plesiochelyidae, Plesiochelys oblonga, Plesiochelys pumilio, Thalassemys, Thalassemys heusseri, Tropidemys, Tropidemys morinica
Subtaxa: Solnhofia brachyrhyncha Solnhofia parsonsi
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (7), Switzerland (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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