Elochelys perfecta Nopsca 1931 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

Belongs to Elochelys according to A. Pérez-García et al. 2012

See also Gaffney et al. 2006, Pérez-García et al. 2010 and Rabi et al. 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MHNM 1982-852, a shell (complete shell). Its type locality is Fuveau Basin, which is in a Campanian fluvial-deltaic horizon in France.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution: found only at Fuveau Basin

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