Neochelys liriae Pérez-García and Lapparent de Broin 2013 (sideneck turtle)

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

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