Shachemys laosiana de Lapparent de Broin 2004 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Full reference: F. de Lapparent de Broin. 2004. A new Shachemydinae (Chelonii, Cryptodira) from the Lower Cretaceous of Laos: preliminary data. Comptes Rendus Palevol 3:387-396

Belongs to Shachemys according to E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2013

See also de Lapparent de Broin 2004

Sister taxa: Shachemys ancestralis, Shachemys baibolatica

Type specimen: Musee des Dinosaures BLT 1, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Ban Lam Thoy, which is in an Aptian/Albian terrestrial horizon in the Grès supérieurs Formation of Laos.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution: found only at Ban Lam Thoy

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