Roxochelys vilavilensis de Broin 1971 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Podocnemidoidae

Full reference: F. de Broin. 1971. Une espece nouvelle de tortue pleurodire (? Roxochelys vilavilensis n. sp.) dans le Cretace superieur de Bolivie. Bulletin de la Societe Geologique de France 7(3-4):445-452

Belongs to Roxochelys according to F. de Broin 1971

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Gaffney et al. 2011

Sister taxa: Roxochelys harrisi, Roxochelys wanderleyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Vila Vila, which is in a Danian terrestrial horizon in the Santa LucĂ­a Formation of Bolivia

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Bolivia (4)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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