Otwayemys cunicularius Gaffney et al. 1998 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudinata

Full reference: E. S. Gaffney, L. Kool, D. B. Brinkman, T. H. Rich, and P. Vickers-Rich. 1998. Otwayemys, a new cryptodiran turtle from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. American Museum Novitates 3233:1-28

Belongs to Otwayemys according to J. Sterli 2015

See also Gaffney et al. 1998 and Pérez-García and Murelaga 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NMV P186116, a shell (a nearly complete shell). Its type locality is Slippery Rock, Dinosaur Cove, which is in an Albian crevasse splay sandstone/mudstone in the Eumeralla Formation of Australia.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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