Otwayemys Gaffney et al. 1998 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, L. Kool, D. B. Brinkman, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Otwayemys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. American Museum Novitates 3233:1-28

Parent taxon: Meiolaniformes according to J. Sterli 2015

See also Anquetin 2012, de la Fuente et al. 2014, Gaffney et al. 1998, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013, Sterli and de la Fuente 2013 and Sterli et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Chubutemys, Meiolaniidae, Patagoniaemys, Peligrochelys, Trapalcochelys

Subtaxa: Otwayemys cunicularius

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Type: Otwayemys cunicularius

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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