Eochelone

Eochelone Temporal range: Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Testudines
Suborder:	Cryptodira
Superfamily:	Chelonioidea
Family:	Cheloniidae
Genus:	† Eochelone Dollo, 1903
Type species
† Eochelone brabantica
Species
† Eochelone voltregana

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" (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark . 14 (2): 96–114.
• 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. Bibcode:2018FossR..21..237D. doi: 10.5194/fr-21-237-2018 .