†Zolhafah Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: F. Lapparent de Broin and C. Werner. 1998. New Late Cretaceous turtles from the Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 84(2):131-214
Parent taxon: Bothremydina according to A. Pérez-García 2016
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 2006 and Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998
Sister taxa: Akoranemys, Algorachelus, Araiochelys, Bothremys
Subtaxa: Zolhafah bella
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ammonite Hill interdunal channel 31 (271080/1) (Cretaceous of Egypt)
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