Ctenochelys tennuitesta Zangerl 1953 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Full reference: R. Zangerl. 1953. The vertebrate fauna of the Selma Formation of Alabama. Part IV. The turtles of the family Toxochelyidae. Fieldiana: Geology Memoirs 3(4):145-277
Belongs to Ctenochelys according to Zangerl 1953
See also Karl and Nyhuis 2012
Sister taxa: Ctenochelys acris, Ctenochelys stenoporus
Type specimen: CNHM P27361, a partial skeleton
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ctenochelys tennuitesta in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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