Dortokidae

Dortokidae Temporal range: Hauterivian–Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fragmentary plastron of Ronella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Clade:	Pan-Pleurodira
Family:	† Dortokidae Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999
Genera
Dortoka Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 Eodortoka Pérez-García, Gasulla, and Ortega 2014. Ronella Lapparent de Broin in Gheerbrant et al. 1999

Dortokidae is an extinct family of freshwater pan-pleurodiran turtles, known from the Cretaceous and Paleocene of Europe. Only four species have been named, but indeterminate fossils show that they were abundant across western and eastern-central Europe during the Cretaceous. The family is only known from postcranial remains. ^[1]

Genera

• Eodortoka Pérez-García, Gasulla, and Ortega 2014 ^[2] Wessex Formation, United Kingdom Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian-Barremian) ^[3] Arcillas de Morella Formation, Spain, Early Cretaceous (Aptian)
• Dortoka Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga, 1999 Laño site, Spain, (probably also present in southern France) Late Cretaceous (Campanian-Maastrichtian) Sînpetru Formation, Romania, Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
• Ronella Lapparent de Broin in Gheerbrant et al. 1999 Jibou Formation, Romania Paleocene (Thanetian) (alternatively considered a species of Dortoka)

An indeterminate dortokid is also known from the Hauterivian-Barremian aged El Castellar Formation in Spain. ^[1]

References

1. Pérez-García, A.; Cobos, A.; Royo-Torres, R. (2017-06-01). "The oldest evidence of a dortokid turtle (stem Pleurodira) from the uppermost Hauterivian-basal Barremian El Castellar Formation (Teruel, Spain)" . Journal of Iberian Geology. 43 (2): 139–146. Bibcode:2017JIbG...43..139P. doi:10.1007/s41513-017-0013-7. ISSN   1886-7995. S2CID   135098500.
2. Pérez-García, A.; Gasulla, J.M.; Ortega, F. (2014-03-01). "Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe" . Cretaceous Research. 48: 130–138. Bibcode:2014CrRes..48..130P. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004. ISSN   0195-6671.
3. Jacobs, M. L.; Pérez-García, A.; Martín-Jiménez, M.; Mottram, C. M.; Martill, D. M.; Gale, A. S.; Mattsson, O.; Wood, C. (2023). "A well preserved pan-pleurodiran (Dortokidae) turtle from the English Lower Cretaceous and the first radiometric date for the Wessex Formation (Hauterivian-Barremian) of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom". Cretaceous Research. 150. 105590. Bibcode:2023CrRes.15005590J. doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2023.105590 .