Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Alternative combination: Polysternon atlanticum
Synonyms: Elochelys convenarum Laurent et al. 2002, Iberoccitanemys convenarum Laurent et al. 2002
Full reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and X. Murelaga. 1996. Une nouvelle faune de chéloniens dans le Crétacé supérieur européen. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences de Paris 323:729-735
Belongs to Iberoccitanemys according to A. Pérez-García et al. 2021
See also Gaffney et al. 2006, Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996, Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-García et al. 2010, Pérez-García et al. 2012 and Rabi et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Iberoccitanemys atlanticum: MCNAV, Gasteiz #6316, a partial shell (isolated nuchal bone). Its type locality is Laño L1A, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone/siltstone in the Vitoria Formation of Spain.
- Elochelys convenarum: MDEt Cas2-259, a shell (nearly complete shell). Its type locality is Cassagnau 2, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone/marl in the Marnes d'Auzas Formation of France.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (7)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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