Adocus kizylkumensis Nesov 1981 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Belongs to Adocus according to E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2009

See also Nessov 1984 and Sukhanov 2000

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kokaku, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus planus, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Homorophus insuetus, Alamosemys annexa, Alamosemys substricta

Type specimen: ZIN PHT S75-15, a partial shell (lateral part of undetermined costal). Its type locality is Khodzhakul I, which is in a Cenomanian terrestrial horizon in the Khodzhakul Formation of Uzbekistan.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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