†Fontainechelon cassouleti Claude and Tong 2004
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Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Alternative combination: Achilemys cassouleti
Full reference: J. Claude and H. Tong. 2004. Early Eocene testudinoid turtles from Saint-Papoul, France, with comments on the early evolution of modern Testudinoidea. Oryctos 5:3-45
Belongs to Fontainechelon according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018
See also Claude and Tong 2004 and Pérez-García et al. 2016
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MDE-sp37, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Saint-Papoul, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Saint-Papoul Formation of France.
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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