Arenila krebsi Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998 (sideneck turtle)

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 Arenila according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006

See also Lapparent de Broin and Werner 1998

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TUB Vb-641, a partial skull (partial skull). Its type locality is Ammonite Hill interdunal channel 28 (271080/2), which is in a Maastrichtian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Dakhla Formation of Egypt.

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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