Adocus aksary Nessov and Krasovskaya 1984 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Alternative combination: Adocus aksari

Belongs to Adocus according to E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2013

See also Nessov 1984, Sonoda et al. 2015, Sukhanov 2000, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009 and Syromyatnikova et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, 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: CCMGE 10/12086, a partial shell (left peripheral 3 (in the original description the holotype was mistakenly determined as peripheral 4)). Its type locality is Dzharakuduk II (general), which is in a Turonian/Turonian delta plain sandstone in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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