Reptilia - Testudines - Adocidae
Full reference: E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov. 2009. New material and a revision of turtles of the genus Adocus (Adocidae) from the Late Cretaceous of middle Asia and Kazakhstan. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 313(1):74-94
Belongs to Adocus according to E. V. Syromyatnikova and I. G. Danilov 2013
See also Syromyatnikova and Danilov 2009
Sister taxa: Adocus agilis, Adocus aksary, Adocus amtgai, Adocus beatus, Adocus bossi, Adocus bostobensis, Adocus firmus, Adocus foveatus, Adocus hesperius, Adocus inexpectatus, Adocus kazachstanica, Adocus kirtlandius, Adocus kizylkumensis, Adocus kokaku, 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: ZIN PHT K27-1, a partial shell (nuchal+left peripheral 1). Its type locality is Karacheku / Dzhurtan, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian terrestrial conglomerate in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at Karacheku / Dzhurtan
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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