Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Full reference: E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov. 2009. New material and a revision of turtles of the genus Adocus (Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 313(1):74-94
Belongs to Adocus according to E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2013
See also Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, 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: ZIN PH 1/94, a partial shell (nuchal fragment). Its type locality is Baibishe, which is in a Santonian/Campanian terrestrial horizon in the Bostobe Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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