Biology:Eochelone
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Short description: Extinct genus of turtles
| Eochelone | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Reptilia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Testudines |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cryptodira |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chelonioidea |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Cheloniidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | †Eochelone Dollo, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| †Eochelone brabantica | |
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Eochelone is an extinct genus of sea turtle from the late Eocene. It was first named by Dollo in 1903. Its type species is E. brabantica.
References
- Professor Paul's Guide to Reptiles
- Eochelone in the Paleobiology Database
- Eigil Nielsen (1959). "Eocene turtles from Denmark". Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 14 (2): 96–114. http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull-1959-14-2-96-114.pdf.
- France de Lapparent de Broin; Xabier Murelaga; Adán Pérez-García; Francesc Farrés; Jacint Altimiras (2018). "The turtles from the upper Eocene, Osona County (Ebro Basin, Catalonia, Spain): new material and its faunistic and environmental context". Fossil Record 21 (2): 237–284. doi:10.5194/fr-21-237-2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q5381624 entry
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