†Kirgizemys exaratus Nessov and Khozatskiy 1973 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Macrobaenidae
Full reference: L. A. Nessov and L. I. Khozatskiy. 1973. [An Early Cretaceous turtle from the South-Eastern Fergana]. [Problems in Herpetology] 2:132-133
Belongs to Kirgizemys according to Nessov and Khozatskii 1981
See also Danilov et al. 2006 and Nessov 1984
Sister taxon: Kirgizemys dmitrievi
Type specimen: ZIN RNT-491, a partial shell (nuchal plate). Its type locality is Kylodzhun I, which is in an Albian/Albian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Alamyshik Formation of Kyrgyzstan.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kyrgyzstan (1 collection), South Korea (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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