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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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