Enaliochelys

Enaliochelys is a genus of extinct thalassochelydian turtle from the Late Jurassic of the United Kingdom. The type and only species is Enaliochelys chelonia, named by Harry Govier Seeley in 1869 for a partial disarticulated skeleton from the early Kimmeridgian of the Kimmeridge Clay in Cambridgeshire, and additional material from the Kimmeridge Clay has also been referred to the taxon. While it has long been considered a synonym of Thalassemys hugii, Enaliochelys would have priority due to it being named first, although it has multiple distinguishing features, including its large carapace over 60 cm (24 in) long. The genus lacks the features diagnostic to its parent clade Thalassochelydia, but shared features of the scapula and shell suggest it may be closely related to Thalassemydidae.[1]

Enaliochelys
Temporal range: Kimmeridgian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Testudines
Suborder: Cryptodira
Clade: †Thalassochelydia
Genus: †Enaliochelys
Seeley, 1869
Species:
†E. chelonia
Binomial name
†Enaliochelys chelonia
Seeley, 1869

References
  1. Anquetin, J.; Püntener, C.; Joyce, W.G. (2017). "A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Thalassochelydia" (PDF). Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 58 (2): 317–369.
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