†Zolhafah bella Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998 (sideneck turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Full reference: F. Lapparent de Broin and C. Werner. 1998. New Late Cretaceous turtles from the Western Desert, Egypt. Annales de Paléontologie 84(2):131-214
Belongs to Zolhafah according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006
See also Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998 and Rabi et al. 2012
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: TUB Vb-173, a partial skull (partial skull without mandibles). Its type locality is Ammonite Hill interdunal channel 31 (271080/1), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Dakhla Formation of Egypt.
Ecology: amphibious omnivore
Distribution: found only at Ammonite Hill interdunal channel 31 (271080/1)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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