The specific name refers to Gadoufaoua, the type locality whose name in the Tamasheq language of the Tuaregs means the place where the camels fear to go
Full reference: A. Pérez-García. 2019. The African Aptian Francemys gadoufaouaensis gen. et sp. nov.: new data on the early diversification of Pelomedusoides (Testudines, Pleurodira) in northern Gondwana. Cretaceous Research 102:112-126
Belongs to Francemys according to A. Pérez-García 2019
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN.F GDF 801, a shell. Its type locality is Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Elrhaz Formation of Niger.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Niveau des Innocents, Gadoufaoua
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