Larachelus morla Pérez-García and Murelaga 2012 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines

Full reference: A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2012. Larachelus morla, gen. et sp. nov., a new member of the little-known European Early Cretaceous record of stem cryptodiran turtles. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(6):1293-1302

Belongs to Larachelus according to E. M. Obraztsova et al. 2022

See also Pérez-García 2017, Pérez-García and Murelaga 2012 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MDS-MPBS-6, a set of postcrania. Its type locality is Monte Puente Ballesta site, Salas de los Infantes, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian fluvial horizon in the Pinilla de los Moros Formation of Spain.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Monte Puente Ballesta site, Salas de los Infantes

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