Bouliachelys suteri Kear and Lee 2006 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Protostegidae

Full reference: B. P. Kear and M. S. Lee. 2006. A primitive protostegid from Australia and early sea turtle evolution. Biology Letters 2:116-119

Belongs to Bouliachelys according to B. P. Kear and M. S. Lee 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: QM F31669, a skull. Its type locality is Dunraven Station, Hughenden area, which is in an Albian marine lime mudstone in the Toolebuc Formation of Australia.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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