Ballerstedtia typocardia Seeley 1869

Reptilia - Testudinata - Pleurosternidae

Alternative combinations: Glyptops typocardium, Pleurosternon typocardium

Full reference: H. G. Seeley. 1869. Index to the Fossil Remains of Aves, Ornithosauria, and Reptilia, from the Secondary System of Strata, Arranged in the Woodwardian Museum of the University of Cambridge. Deighton, Bell, and Co, Cambridge 1-143

Belongs to Ballerstedtia according to H.-V. Karl et al. 2012

See also Delair 1958, Milner 2004 and Pérez-García 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CAMSM J.5329 (Seeley No4), a shell (complete carapace in dorsal aspect).

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Ballerstedtia typocardia in the database

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