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Pelomedusoides

CITÉ

Set of 4 fossil specimens

MNHN.F.NIR2
663
très décoré

Organs

  • carapace
    • dossière
      • plaque(s) pleurale(s) (costale)
      • plaque(s) périphérique(s)

Taxonomy

Chordata
Reptilia
Testudines
Pelomedusoides
Pelomedusoides

Origin

Tahoua
Kao

Stratigraphy

Cénozoïque
Paléogène
Paléocène

Determination history

de Lapparent de Broin France & al. 2020 CITÉ
Pelomedusoides
, . - The oldest erymnochelyine turtle skull, Ragechelus sahelica n. gen., n. sp., from the Iullemmeden basin, Upper Cretaceous of Africa, and the associated fauna in its geographical and geological context. Geodiversitas 42(25): 455-484
 
Citation: p. 465
de Lapparent de Broin France
Bothemydidae