Adocus aksary Nessov and Krasovskaya 1984 (turtle)

Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae

Alternative combination: Adocus aksari

Belongs to Adocus according to I. Danilov et al. 2014

See also Nessov 1984, Sonoda et al. 2015, Sukhanov 2000, Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009, Syromyatnikova et al. 2012 and Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2013

Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus dzhurtasensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus kohaku, Adocus lineolatus, Adocus microglypha, Adocus onerosus, Adocus orientalis, Adocus planus, Adocus pravus, Adocus sengokuensis, Adocus striatula, Adocus syntheticus, Adocus vigoratus, Homorophus insuetus, Alamosemys substricta, Alamosemys annexa

Type specimen: CCMGE 10/12086, a partial shell (left peripheral 3 (in the original description the holotype was mistakenly determined as peripheral 4)). Its type locality is Dzharakuduk II (general), which is in a Turonian/Turonian delta plain sandstone in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan.

Ecology: aquatic omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Uzbekistan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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