Crassachelys neurirregularis Bergounioux 1952 (sideneck turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae

type specimen in Laboratoire de Geologie de l'lnstitut Catholique de Toulouse

Alternative combination: Gafsachelys neurirregularis

Full reference: F.-M. Bergounioux. 1952. Les Cheloniens fossiles de Gafsa. Notes et Memoires 92:377-396

Belongs to Crassachelys according to E. S. Gaffney et al. 2006

See also Moody 1972

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gafsa, which is in an Eocene marine phosphorite in Tunisia

Ecology: amphibious omnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Tunisia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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