Eodortoka

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.



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