Bonapartemys bajobarrealis Lapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Panchelidae

Full reference: F. d.e. Lapparent de Broin and M. S. de la Fuente. 2001. Oldest world Chelidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira), from the Cretaceous of Patagonia, Argentina. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des planètes 333:463-470

Belongs to Bonapartemys according to I. J. Maniel and M. S. de la Fuente 2016

See also de la Fuente et al. 2014 and Lapparent de Broin and de la Fuente 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MACN-CH-1469, a set of postcrania (carapace, a right posterolateral part lacking, plastron less a right longitudinal part, part of girdles, limbs and tail). Its type locality is 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos", which is in a Cenomanian/Turonian terrestrial sandstone in the Bajo Barreal Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at 6 km north of Estancia "Ocho Hermanos"

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