†Araiochelys Gaffney et al. 2006 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Parent taxon: Bothremydina according to A. Pérez-García 2016
See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Akoranemys, Bothremys, Zolhafah
Subtaxa: Araiochelys hirayamai
Type: Araiochelys hirayamai
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4 (Paleocene of Morocco)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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