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Eodortoka

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Eodortoka
Temporal range: Aptian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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Eodortoka morellana is known from the Arcillas de Morella Formation of Spain.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.