†Bothremys kellyi 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
Belongs to Bothremys according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Bothremys arabicus, Bothremys cooki, Bothremys maghrebiana
Type specimen: AMNH 30553, a skull (nearly complete skull). Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1), which is in a Selandian marine phosphorite in Morocco.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin (lowermost bed 1)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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