Name: Eodortoka.
Phonetic: E-oh-dor-to-kah.
Named By: A. Perez-Garcia, J. M. Gasulla
& F. Ortega - 2014.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Testudines.
Species: E. morellana
(type).
Diet: Unknown.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Spain - Arcillas de Morella
Formation.
Time period: Aptian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Carapace.
Eodortoka is a genus of turtle that lived in Spain during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- Eodortoka morellana gen. et sp. nov., the
first
pan-pleurodiran turtle (Dortokidae) defined in the Lower Cretaceous
of Europe. - Cretaceous Research 48:130-138. - A.
Perez-Garcia, J. M. Gasulla & F. Ortega - 2014.