†Peritresius martini Gentry et al. 2018 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Pancheloniidae
Full reference: A. D. Gentry, J. F. Parham, D. J. Ehret and J. A. Ebersole. 2018. A new species of Peritresius Leidy, 1856 (Testudines: Pan-Cheloniidae) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Alabama, USA, and the occurrence of the genus within the Mississippi Embayment of North America. PLoS ONE 13:e0195651:1-24
Belongs to Peritresius according to A. D. Gentry et al. 2018
Sister taxon: Peritresius ornatus
Type specimen: ALMNH 6191, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is ALn-8, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine sandstone/claystone in the Ripley Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at ALn-8
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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