Pelusios rusingae Williams 1954 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Pelomedusidae

Full reference: E. E. Williams. 1954. A new Miocene species of Pelusios and the evolution of that genus. Breviora 25:1-11

Belongs to Pelusios according to E. E. Williams 1954

Sister taxa: Pelusios adansonii, Pelusios bechuanicus, Pelusios broadleyi, Pelusios carinatus, Pelusios castaneus, Pelusios castanoides, Pelusios chapini, Pelusios cupulatta, Pelusios gabonensis, Pelusios marani, Pelusios nanus, Pelusios niger, Pelusios rhodesianus, Pelusios sinuatus, Pelusios subniger, Pelusios upembae, Pelusios williamsi

Type specimen: Coryndon Museum Ru F3617, a partial shell (partial carapace and plastron). Its type locality is Rusinga Island, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rusinga Island

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