Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae
Full reference: A. Pérez-García and F. Ortega. 2011. Selenemys lusitanica, gen. et. sp. nov., a new pleurosternid turtle (Terstudines: Paracryptodira) from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(1):60-69
Belongs to Selenemys according to W. G. Joyce and J. Anquetin 2019
See also Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-García and Ortega 2011 and Pérez-García and Ortega 2011
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ALTSHN.066, a shell (shell with complete plastron and disarticulated carapace). Its type locality is Santa Rita, which is in a Kimmeridgian terrestrial horizon in the Praia da Amoreira-Porto Novo Formation of Portugal.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Portugal (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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