Reptilia - Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Full reference: M. Godinot, H.-P. Labarrère, J. Erfurt, J. L. Franzen, B. Lange-Badre, F. Lapparent Broin, and D. Vidalenc. 2018. Un nouveau gisement à vertébrés éocènes, Rouzilhac (MP 10-11), dans la série molassique d’Issel (Aude, France). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:141-333
Belongs to Allaeochelys according to M. Godinot et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Allaeochelys crassesculpta, Allaeochelys delheidi, Allaeochelys libyca, Allaeochelys lingnanica, Allaeochelys magnifica, Allaeochelys parayrei
Type specimen: MNHN.F.RZ 380, a skull. Its type locality is Rouzilhac, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian coarse channel fill sandstone/siltstone in the Molasse de Carcassonne Formation of France.
Ecology: aquatic herbivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Rouzilhac
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