Elochelys

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Elochelys Temporal range: Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Dinosauria - Elochelys
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Pleurodira
Family:	† Bothremydidae
Subfamily:	† Bothremydinae
Tribe:	† Bothremydini
Subtribe:	† Foxemydina
Genus:	† Elochelys Nopcsa, 1931
Species:	†E. perfecta
Binomial name
†Elochelys perfecta Nopcsa, 1931

Elochelys ("swamp turtle") is an extinct genus of bothremydid pleurodiran turtle that was discovered in the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of Fuveau Basin, France.^[1] The genus consists solely of type species E. perfecta,^[2]^[3] though a second species (E. covenarum) was reassigned to the genus Iberoccitanemys .

Discovery

Elochelys was discovered in the Fuveau region of France, and is known from exclusively from a shell. The holotype was described by Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás in 1931.^[2] A second species was described by Laurent, Yong and Claude, 2002.^[4] but was subsequently reassigned to a new genus, Iberoccitanemys.^[1]

References

1 2 Gaffney, E.S., Tong, H., Meylan, P.A., 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: the families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300, 1–700.
1 2 Nopcsa, F., 1931. Sur des nouveaux restes de Tortues du Danien du Midi de la France. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 1, 223–236.
↑ "Fossilworks: Arenila". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
↑ Laurent, Y., Tong, H., Claude, J., 2002. New side-necked turtle (Pleurodira: Bothremydidae) from the Upper Maastrichtian of the Petites-Pyréneés (Haute-Garonne, France). Cretaceous Research 23, 465–471.

Testudines

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Diapsida
Order: Testudines

Suborder

Superfamily

Family

Genus

Cryptodira

Chelonioidea
(Sea turtles)

Cheloniidae	† Allopleuron Caretta † Carolinochelys Chelonia † Eochelone Eretmochelys † Gigantatypus † Glarichelys † Itilochelys Lepidochelys † Mexichelys † Miocaretta Natator † Pacifichelys † Syllomus † Tasbacka
Dermochelyidae	† Arabemys † Corsochelys † Cosmochelys Dermochelys † Eosphargis † Mesodermochelys † Psephophorus
	† Euclastes † Peritresius † Procolpochelys † Protosphargis † Puppigerus

Kinosternoidea

Dermatemydidae	Dermatemys
Kinosternidae	Claudius † Hoplochelys Kinosternon Staurotypus Sternotherus

Testudinoidea

Emydidae	† Acherontemys Chrysemys Clemmys Deirochelys Emys Actinemys Emydoidea Glyptemys Graptemys Malaclemys Pseudemys Terrapene Trachemys † Wilburemys
Geoemydidae	Batagur † Banhxeochelys Cuora Cyclemys Geoclemys Geoemyda Hardella Heosemys Leucocephalon Malayemys Mauremys Melanochelys Morenia Notochelys Orlitia Pangshura Rhinoclemmys Sacalia Siebenrockiella Vijayachelys
Platysternidae	Platysternon
Testudinidae	Aldabrachelys Astrochelys Centrochelys Chelonoidis Chersina Cylindraspis † Cymatholcus † Floridemys Geochelone Gopherus † Hadrianus † Hesperotestudo Homopus Indotestudo Kinixys Malacochersus Manouria † Megalochelys † Oligopherus Psammobates Pyxis † Solitudo Stigmochelys † Stylemys Testudo

Trionychia

Carettochelyidae	† Allaeochelys † Anosteira Carettochelys
Trionychidae	Amyda Apalone † Axestemys Chitra Cyclanorbis Cycloderma † Drazinderetes Dogania † Gilmoremys † Hutchemys † Khunnuchelys Lissemys Nilssonia Palea † Palaeoamyda Pelochelys Pelodiscus Rafetus Trionyx
	† Basilochelys † Sinaspideretes

Chelydridae	Chelydra † Chelydrops † Chelydropsis † Emarginachelys † Macrocephalochelys Macrochelys † Planiplastron † Protochelydra
†Nanhsiungchelyidae	† Anomalochelys † Basilemys † Jiangxichelys
†Protostegidae	† Alienochelys † Archelon † Atlantochelys † Bouliachelys † Calcarichelys † Cratochelone † Desmatochelys † Iserosaurus † Notochelone † Ocepechelon † Pneumatoarthrus † Protostega † Rhinochelys † Santanachelys † Terlinguachelys
	† Adocus † Argillochelys † Bashuchelys † Ctenochelys † Prionochelys † Toxochelys

Pleurodira

†Araripemydidae	† Araripemys
†Bothremydidae	† Araiochelys † Arenila † Azabbaremys † Bothremys † Cearachelys † Chedighaii † Chupacabrachelys † Eotaphrosphys † Foxemys † Galianemys † Ilatardia † Inaechelys † Itapecuruemys † Jainemys † Kinkonychelys † Kurmademys † Labrostochelys † Nigeremys † Phosphatochelys † Polysternon † Puentemys † Rosasia † Rhothonemys † Sankuchemys † Taphrosphys † Ummulisani † Zolhafah
Chelidae	Acanthochelys Chelodina Chelus Elseya Elusor Emydura Hydromedusa † Lomalatachelys Mesoclemmys Myuchelys Phrynops Platemys † Prochelidella Pseudemydura Rheodytes Rhinemys † Yaminuechelys
Pelomedusidae	Pelomedusa Pelusios
Podocnemididae	† Albertwoodemys † Bauruemys † Brontochelys † Caninemys † Carbonemys † Cerrejonemys † Cordichelys Erymnochelys † Lapparentemys † Latentemys Peltocephalus Podocnemis † Stupendemys
†Sahonachelyidae	† Sahonachelys † Sokatra

	† Caribemys † Caririemys † Tacuarembemys

Phylogenetic arrangement of turtles based on Turtles of the World 2017 Update: Annotated Checklist and Atlas of Taxonomy, Synonymy, Distribution, and Conservation Status. † = extinct.

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