Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemididae
Full reference: A. Pérez-García and F. Lapparent de Broin. 2013. A new species of Neochelys (Chelonii, Podocnemididae) from the Ypresian (Early Eocene) of the South of France. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12:269-277
Belongs to Neochelys according to A. Pérez-García and F. Lapparent de Broin 2013
See also Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2015
Sister taxa: Neochelys arenarum, Neochelys bolcensis, Neochelys capellinii, Neochelys eocaenica, Neochelys franzeni, Neochelys laurenti, Neochelys mengaudi, Neochelys nicolisii, Neochelys salmanticensis, Neochelys zamorensis, Polysternum mengaudi
Type specimen: MNHN.F.EBA515, a partial skeleton (a complete and articulated shell). Its type locality is Soleillades, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial sandstone/marl in the Grès d'Assignan Formation of France.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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