†Palaeoemys occitana Hervet 2003 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Full reference: S. Hervet. 2003. Deux nouvelles tortues de l’Éocène inférieur de Saint-Papoul (Aude, France). C. R. Palevol 2:617-624
Belongs to Palaeoemys according to S. Hervet 2003
Sister taxon: Palaeoemys hessiaca
Type specimen: MNHN SPP 18, a partial skeleton (partial shell). Its type locality is Saint-Papoul, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Saint-Papoul Formation of France.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore
Distribution: found only at Saint-Papoul
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