Allopleuron lipsiensis Karl 2007 (sea turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Full reference: H.-V. Karl. 2007. The fossil reptiles (Reptilia: Chelonii, Crocodylia) from the marine early Oligocene of the Weisselster Basin (Central Germany: Saxonia). Studia Geologica Salamanticensia 43(1):25-66

Belongs to Allopleuron according to H.-V. Karl 2007

See also Karl et al. 2012

Sister taxa: Allopleuron hofmanni, Allopleuron qazaqstanense

Type specimen: PMUL ES [no number], a shell (carapace posterior up pleural III). Its type locality is Espenhain/Sachsen, which is in a MP 22 marine horizon in the Bohlen Formation of Germany.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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