Neurankylus lithographicus Larson et al. 2013 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata - Baenidae

Full reference: D. W. Larson, N. R. Longrich, D. C. Evans and M. J. Ryan. 2013. A new species of Neurankylus from the Milk River Formation (Cretaceous: Santonian) of Alberta, Canada, and a revision of the type species N. eximius. Morphology and Evolution of Turtles 389-405

Belongs to Neurankylus according to T. R. Lyson et al. 2016

See also Joyce and Lyson 2015 and Larson et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Neurankylus baueri, Neurankylus eximius, Neurankylus notos, Neurankylus torrejonensis

Type specimen: TMP 2007.035.0045, a partial skeleton (incomplete carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Deadhorse Coulee (TMP), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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