Camerochelys vilanovai Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Xinjiangchelyidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García and X. Murelaga. 2013. Camerochelys vilanovai gen. et sp. nov., a new pan-cryptodiran turtle in the Early Cretaceous of the Iberian Range (Spain). Cretaceous Research 41:143-149

Belongs to Camerochelys according to A. Pérez-García et al. 2017

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ICIPLR-2, a carapace. Its type locality is south of Igea, which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in Spain.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at south of Igea

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