Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae

ebersolei honors paleontologist Jun A. Ebersole for his contributions to the study of paleontology in Alabama as well as his advocacy of natural science research and education in Alabama.

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Full reference: A. D. Gentry, C. R. Kiernan, and J. F. Parham. 2023. A large non-marine turtle from the Upper Cretaceous of Alabama and a review of North American “macrobaenids”. The Anatomical Record 306(6):1411-1430

Belongs to Appalachemys according to A. D. Gentry et al. 2023

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ALMNH PV985.24, a skeleton. Its type locality is Appalachemys ebersolei type locality [PROXY], which is in a Santonian/Campanian marine horizon in the Mooreville Chalk Formation of Alabama.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Appalachemys ebersolei type locality [PROXY]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.