†Taquetochelys decorata de Broin 1980 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Araripemydidae
Synonym: Laganemys tenerensis Sereno and ElShafie 2013
Full reference: F. de Broin. 1980. Les tortues de Gadoufaoua (Aptien du Niger); aperçu sur la Paléobiogéographie des Pelomedusidae (Pleurodira). Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France 139:39-46
Belongs to Taquetochelys according to A. Pérez-García 2018
See also de Broin 1980, Gaffney et al. 2006 and Sereno and ElShafie 2013
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Taquetochelys decorata: MNHN-GDF 847, a partial shell (a series of shell fragments). Its type locality is Gadoufaoua (general), which is in an Aptian terrestrial sandstone in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
- Laganemys tenerensis: MNN GAD28, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete articulated skull and postcranial skeleton lacking the left posterolateral corner of the carapace and plastron, a few anterior caudal vertebra). Its type locality is G94, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Aptian/Albian channel sandstone in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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