Linderochelys rinconensis de la Fuente et al. 2007 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Panchelidae

Full reference: M. S. de la Fuente, J. O. Calvo, and B. J. González Riga. 2007. A new Cretaceous chelid turtle from the northern Neuquén Basin, Argentina. Ameghiniana 44(2):485-492

Belongs to Linderochelys according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016

See also de la Fuente et al. 2007 and de la Fuente et al. 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MAU-PV-LL 69, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Loma del Lindero, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian crevasse splay mudstone/sandstone in the Plottier Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Loma del Lindero

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