Kirgizemys exaratus Nessov and Khozatskiy 1973 (turtle)

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

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