Tasbacka salisburgensis Karl 1996

Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae

Alternative combination: Osteopygis salisburgensis

Full reference: H.-V. Karl. 1996. Einige Bemerkungen über die fossilen Schildkröten (Reptilia, Testudines) des Bundeslandes Salzburg, Österreich [Some remarks on the fossil turtles (Reptilia, Testudines) from the federal country of Salzburg, Austria]. Mitteilungen der Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde 136:389-426

Belongs to Tasbacka according to H.-V. Karl and H. Madsen 2012

See also Karl 1996 and Lynch and Parham 2003

Sister taxa: Tasbacka aldabergeni, Tasbacka danica, Tasbacka ouledabdounensis, Tasbacka ruhoffi

Type specimen: HNS Nr. 3/1976. Its type locality is Haunsberg near St. Pankraz, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Roterzschicht Formation of Austria.

Distribution: found only at Haunsberg near St. Pankraz

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