Oertelia gigantea Oertel 1914

Reptilia - Testudines - Toxochelyidae

Holotype: lost skull remains described and figured by Oertel (1914); lectotype: trunk vertebra GZG V 5000

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Alternative combination: Toxochelys gigantea

Belongs to Oertelia according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012

See also Nicholls 1988 and Zangerl 1953

Sister taxa: none

Distribution: found only at Kastendamm (turtle locality) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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