†Euclastes melii Misuri 1910 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Alternative combination: Procolpochelys melii
Belongs to Euclastes according to Misuri 1910
See also Chesi and Delfino 2006
Sister taxa: Euclastes acutirostris, Euclastes coahuilaensis, Euclastes meridionalis, Euclastes platyops, Euclastes wielandi
Type specimen: [Collection unknown], a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Pietra Leccese, which is in a Burdigalian/Messinian transition zone/lower shoreface limestone in the Pietra Leccese Formation of Italy.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Pietra Leccese
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