†Euraxemys essweini Gaffney et al. 2006 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Euraxemydidae
Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318
Belongs to Euraxemys according to M. S. de la Fuente et al. 2014
See also Gaffney et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: FR 4922, a skeleton (nearly complete skeleton). Its type locality is Crato, which is in an Aptian marine horizon in Brazil.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Crato
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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