Eodortoka
Appearance
| Eodortoka Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Testudines |
| Family: | †Dortokidae |
| Genus: | †Eodortoka |
| Species: | †E. morellana |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eodortoka morellana Pérez-García et. al., 2014 | |
Eodortoka is an extinct genus of dortokid that lived during the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Eodortoka morellana is known from the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Pérez-García, Adán; Gasulla, J.M.; Ortega, F. (March 2014). "Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the first pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous of Europe". Cretaceous Research. 48: 130–138. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2013.12.004. Retrieved 22 June 2025 – via Elsevier Science Direct.