Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Full reference: H. Tong and R. Hirayama. 2008. A new species of Argillochelys (Testudines: Cryptodira: Cheloniidae) from the Ouled Abdoun phosphate basin, Morocco. Bulletin of the Geological Society of France 179(6):623-630
Belongs to Argillochelys according to H. Tong and R. Hirayama 2008
Sister taxa: Argillochelys antiqua, Argillochelys brachyceps, Argillochelys convexa, Argillochelys cuneiceps, Argillochelys subcristata
Type specimen: MNHL 20-268373, a skull (nearly complete skull with incomplete lower jaw). Its type locality is Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian, which is in a Ypresian marine phosphorite in Morocco.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ouled Abdoun Basin Recette 4, Ypresian
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