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 Palaeophrynops 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-RN 906, a set of postcrania (Anterior part of a carapace, morphology mostly seen in imprint, with the anterior border (partial peripherals 1 to 5, left and right), the nuchal, pleurals 1 an). Its type locality is Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian lacustrine - large siltstone/sandstone in the Los Alamitos Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Los Alamitos vertebrates, middle section
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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