†Lindholmemys elegans Riabinin 1935 (turtle)
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Reptilia - Testudines - Lindholmemydidae
Full reference: A. H. Riabinin. 1935. [Turtle Fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of the desert of Kysyl-koum]. [Proceedings of the USSR Paleontological Insitute] IV:69-77
Belongs to Lindholmemys according to I. Danilov et al. 2014
See also Nessov 1984 and Sukhanov 2000
Sister taxa: Lindholmemys gravis, Lindholmemys kurzanovi, Lindholmemys martinsoni, Lindholmemys occidentalis, Lindholmemys planicostata
Type specimen: Its type locality is CDZh-17a, Dzharakuduk II, Kulbeke, which is in a Turonian/Turonian terrestrial horizon in the Bissekty Formation of Uzbekistan
Ecology: aquatic omnivore
Distribution: found only at CDZh-17a, Dzharakuduk II, Kulbeke
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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