Pelorochelon soriana Pérez-García et al. 2016 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

Full reference: A. Pérez-García, F. Ortega, and E. Jimenez Fuentes. 2016. Taxonomy, systematics, and diversity of the European oldest testudinids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 177:648-675

Belongs to Pelorochelon according to E. Vlachos and M. Rabi 2018

See also Pérez-García et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Asturichelys multicostatus, Cheirogaster steinbacheri, Pelorochelon eocaenica

Type specimen: STUS 14223, a partial skeleton (shell). Its type locality is Mazaterón, which is in a Bartonian lacustrine marl/sandstone in the Mazaterón Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mazaterón

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