Reptilia - Testudines - Sandownidae

Full reference: O. Mateus, L. Jacobs, M. Polcyn, A. S. Schulp, D. P. Vineyard, A. B. Neto, and M. T. Antunes. 2009. The oldest African eucryptodiran turtle from the Cretaceous of Angola. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(4):581-588

Belongs to Angolachelys according to O. Mateus et al. 2012

See also Mateus et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MGUAN−PA 002, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete skull, an ungual phalanx, two cervical vertebrae, proximal part of the ilium, shell parts, and a few uninformative fragments). Its type locality is Iembe, Tadi, which is in a Coniacian coastal horizon in the Itombe Formation of Angola.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Iembe, Tadi

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.