†Alienochelys selloumi de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014 (sea turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Dermochelyoidae
Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin, N. Bardet, M. Amaghzaz and S. Meslouh. 2014. A strange new chelonioid turtle from the latest Cretaceous phosphates of Morocco. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(2):87-95
Belongs to Alienochelys according to F. de Lapparent de Broin et al. 2014
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: OCP DEK/GE 393, a skull (Complete large skull withits associated lower jaw and the axis lying in the orbit;the left neural arch of atlas). Its type locality is Trench TS, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial phosphorite in Morocco.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Trench TS
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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